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Why to speak about XIX century fantasy? Why to refer to Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884)? We are still in company with flat earth disciples, see http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/ And it is not an easy struggle! vladimiro Il giorno 20/giu/2011, alle ore 21.42, Red Henry ha scritto: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > This reminds me that there is a wonderful book which turns up occasionally > with the somewhat long-winded title, "Zetetic Astronomy: EARTH NOT A GLOBE, > an Experimental Inquiry into the TRUE FIGURE OF THE EARTH, Proving it a > Plane, without Orbital or Actual Motion, and the ONLY KNOWN MATERIAL WORLD", > by "Parallax", pub. by Day and Son, Paternoster Row, 1881, 430 pages > including indices, all devoted to proving that the Earth is flat. So in the > late 19th century there were still some folks arguing for the idea. > > I see from an on-line source that the author's true name was Samuel Birley > Rowbotham. More information about the book can be found at > http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/ . > > A world map was provided in the book on page 90, showing a flat, square > Earth complete with four corners of "outer gloom and darkness," shown here > at http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/img/fig54.jpg . > > B.W. Henry > > > > ================================================= > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Holt > To: Discussion group for map history > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 2:20 PM > Subject: [MapHist] Library of Congress gets unique flat earth map > > > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > > > > http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/11651 > > > > -- > > Who would believe it unless ancient tradition vouched for it? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for > the views of the author. > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
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