Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians - Jeffrey B. Russell - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - 9780275959043 - January 30, 1997
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He begins with a discussion of geographical knowledge in the Middle Ages, examining what Columbus and his contemporaries actually did believe, and then moves to a look at how the error was first propagated in the 1820s and 1830s and then snowballed to outrageous proportions by the late 19th century.


160 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 30, 1997
ISBN13 9780275959043
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pages 160
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 10 mm   ·   231 g
Language English  

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