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What incorrect assumptions did Columbus make

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Answer:

i took the quiz on this and wrote notes on it

Step-by-step explanation:

-based his plan to sail west to asia on faulty calculations about the earth

-believed the earth was smaller than it really was

-believed sailing west would directly lead him to china and japan

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That he was in India when in reality he arrived to America
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