re: #169 Puss Power

(They were right to laugh at CC — he was heading for the far east, and if North America hadn’t been there, his voyage would have ended with his crew starving in the middle of the sea.)

Yep, Chris seriously underestimated the circumference of the Earth, perhaps as a sales gimmick, or an example of confirmation bias. His crew were very lucky the Americas showed up when they did.