Status
2022
Call number
Collection
Publication
Praeger (1991), Edition: 1st Edition, 117 pages
Description
Arguing against the fable that when Columbus discovered America he proved that the Earth is round, to the astonishment of his contemporaries, this work discusses geographical knowledge in the Middle Ages, as well as why and how the error was first propagated in the 1820s and 1830s.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
117 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
0275939561 / 9780275939564
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