Answer:
hes not saying the world is flat, he is using it as a metaphor
Explanation:
The Dutch East India Company was the first European that challenged the Portuguese domination of Asian trade. Different from Spanish and Portuguese traders, the Dutch expeditions were not controlled by the government, they had full sovereign powers. Because of that they had an enormous amount of power, they set up colonies and trading posts around the world, they captured Malacca from the Portuguese rule and opened trade with China.
Answer is: <span>League of Nations.
League of Nations was formed at the end of WWI (10 January 1920) a result of the Paris Peace Conference. League of Nations was first international institution whose mission was to maintain world peace. At 1935 it has 58 members (states). The League of Nations endured for 26 years.</span>
President Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers