Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part III - Sha.Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part IV - Eliz.Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part V - More.Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part VI - Misc.Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part VII - Coo.When I was reading about the Geocentric model of the universe on Wikipedia I found out that it's referred to as the Yellow Minion. This next thing I'm mentioning is also a little odd. So again, this would suggest the history is maybe a little suspect. You'd need to go around north-south as well as east-west to prove it globular. However, as Flat-Earthers correctly point out, travelling around the world in a circle doesn't prove it's a globe as you can make the same circular journey on a flat map. Of course, it's an often repeated "fact" that Columbus & Co proved the world was round by sailing around it. The globe doesn't depict the Americas though as Columbus didn't return to Europe until 1493. This would suggest that the idea of a Flat Earth was quite common even then.Īnother odd thing is the fact that the oldest extent globe, the Erdapfel, was made in 1492 - the exact same year that Columbus discovered the new world. In fact, in 1674, the English natural philosopher Robert Hooke apparently stated "To one who has been conversant only with illiterate persons, or such as understand not the principles of Astronomy and Geometry.who can scarce imagine the Earth is globous, but.imagine it to be a round plain covered with the Sky as with a Hemisphere"
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