It’s pretty easy to imagine, though. The Spaniards sailed up the gulf of California, didn’t get all the way, assumed it was just an island, and made a map of the trip.
Aww man, why do you gotta go and take something as awesome as this (the idea that California was a giant island as recently as 400 years ago) and ruin it with sound logic and reason...
It's an interesting idea, but after seeing how much shit governments make up, it's no surprise that they'd make up some thing like this, especially if there was some kind of bounty for their discovery.
What would have been neat would have been if they had had hot air balloons carried on ships, and could launch them on a long tether to see what was ahead, from high up. For instance, a balloon at 1000 feet can see 38 miles to the horizon. Or if they had had small sea planes. And if the Spaniards had had geosats, today we'd speak Spanish, eat paiella, and drive shitty cars.
It’s pretty easy to imagine, though. The Spaniards sailed up the gulf of California, didn’t get all the way, assumed it was just an island, and made a map of the trip.
Aww man, why do you gotta go and take something as awesome as this (the idea that California was a giant island as recently as 400 years ago) and ruin it with sound logic and reason...
It's an interesting idea, but after seeing how much shit governments make up, it's no surprise that they'd make up some thing like this, especially if there was some kind of bounty for their discovery.
What would have been neat would have been if they had had hot air balloons carried on ships, and could launch them on a long tether to see what was ahead, from high up. For instance, a balloon at 1000 feet can see 38 miles to the horizon. Or if they had had small sea planes. And if the Spaniards had had geosats, today we'd speak Spanish, eat paiella, and drive shitty cars.