Columbus and Modern Historians
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/01/1997
Neither Christopher Columbus nor his contemporaries thought the earth was flat. Yet this curious illusion persists today, firmly established with the help of the media, textbooks, teachers, and even noted historians. This is Russell's attempt to set the record straight. 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. Russell also discusses why we allow this error to persist. Do we prefer to languish in a comfortable and familiar error rather than discover the truth?
- ISBN:
- 9780275959043
- 9780275959043
- Category:
- General & world history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 30-01-1997
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x156x8mm
- Weight:
- 0.2kg
Click 'Notify Me' to get an email alert when this item becomes available
Great!
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Select the List you'd like to categorise as, or add your own
Here you can mark if you have read this book, reading it or want to read
Awesome! You added your first item into your Library
Great! The fun begins.
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
You can find this item in:
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Historiography
Geographical discovery & exploration
General & world history
Show more
Show less
Reviews
Be the first to review Inventing the Flat Earth.
Share This Book: