The world is in fact round. Before he sailed around the world it was believed that the earth was flat and if you sailed too far you would fall off the edge.
African Americans got hope knowing that the government was in their favor when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and released. The purpose of the war had also changed. <span>The </span>war<span> was no longer just about preserving the Union— it was also about freeing the </span>slaves<span>. Foreign powers such as Britain and France lost their enthusiasm for supporting the Confederacy.</span>
He thought that he reached India, he had no idea that he found new land. The reason why he started his journey was to find a new way to India by sailing west all the time.
