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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part VII - Cool Maps

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Since I started looking into all this I've came across quite a few interesting maps. I thought I'd share some here. This first one...
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Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part VI - Miscellaneous Oddities

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A little list of odd and interesting things that I think are worth sharing now. I might as well start by sharing the United Nations (flat ea...
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Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part V - More Pictures of Globes :)

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In my last post I was looking at paintings that had globes in them, in an attempt to get a handle on when the ball model of earth finally be...
Friday, June 12, 2015

Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part IV - Elizabeth's Earth

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In Part II I mentioned that the oldest extent globe, the Erdapfel , was produced in 1492. Anyway, out of curiosity I thought I'd have a ...

Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part III - Shakespeare's Globe

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I've been wondering when people started believing the earth was a ball, and if our general view of the history surrounding it is correct...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Flat Earth: The History of the Ball Part II - The Earth is an Apple

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This one hinges on quite a fortunate coincidence. In my last post I referred to the earth as an apple. This was just a bit of empty poetry o...
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Flat Earth: The History of the Ball

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Following my last post I feel inspired to dig down further into the Flat Earth hole. This time I'm wondering; W hen exactly did people...
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