How People Discovered the Shape of the Earth ? - Antoly Tomilin (hardcover) 1984 []

Discusses how people discovered the shape of the earth, with illustrations, maps and diagrams. Chapter 1 My Land - the Whole Earth 7 Why People Left the Places Where They Lived 9 How People Learnt to Live Together 11 The First Travels 13 Chapter 2 How People Thought the Earth Is Flat 17 The Land of Sages and Philosophers 21 Why the Phoenicians Thought the Earth Is Arched 25 Who First Suggested that the Earth Is Round 29 Chapter 3 Who Was the First to Measure the Earth 35 The Retreat 40 Chapter 4 Who Invented Maps 47 An Arab Geographer's Silver Map 50 A Map for the Stay at Home 52 Maps for Distant Journeys 55 Chapter 5 From Map to Globe 63 The History of a Globe 67 Chapter 6 Wh...Read more