Read Jeffrey Burton Russell's brilliant debunking of the whole "flat earth" theory--it was, you see, the invention of 19th century American protestants. A good look at most ancient and medieval works of cosmography and the like give the flat earth thing the lie. Cool!
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A couple of references since apparently the original website has fallen off the edge of the earth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth
Read Jeffrey Burton Russell's brilliant debunking of the whole "flat earth" theory--it was, you see, the invention of 19th century American protestants. A good look at most ancient and medieval works of cosmography and the like give the flat earth thing the lie. Cool!
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