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How people discovered the shape of the Earth
5050004489, 9785050004482

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Table of contents :
Front Cover
Title Page
Introduction
Chapter 1
My Land - the Whole Earth
Why People Left the Places Where They Lived
How People Learnt to Live Together
The First Travels
Chapter 2
How People Thought the Earth Is Flat
The Land of Sages and Philosophers
Why the Phoenicians Thought the Earth Is Arched
Who First Suggested That the Earth Is Round
Chapter 3
Who Was the First to Measure the Earth
The Retreat
Chapter 4
Who Invented Maps
An Arab Geographer’s Silver Map
A Map for the Stay-at-Home
Maps for Distant Journeys
Chapter 5
From Map to Globe
The History of a Globe
Chapter 6
What Size Is Our Earth?
Is the Earth a Melon or an Apple?
Conclusion
Contents
Back Cover

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