Ocupation: Author
Life: b. March 2, 1970
Birthday: March 2
The significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a round earth, the two most distant points are closer together than they are on a flat earth.
source: "A sense of adventure" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2005.
topic: Discovery, Two, History, Round Earth