IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds comments on Jajajajaja

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

that was just after the discovery of the Americas.

how did they define the lines?

[–] Micromot@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

They just drew a line on a globe splitting it in half. Spain didn't know the rest of america yet so they thought they could claim most of the world with this.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago

their globe was a crudely drawn map at the time, i get that they know it was round, and divide it by meridians,

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