Map of the Square and Stationary Earth, 1893
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Map of Westminster, London, 1593
The real Wild West
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Disneyland Map, 1962
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Oldest Working Car for sale, 1884
Claude Bernou's Map of America, 1681
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Secret Message in Lincoln's Pocketwatch, 1861
Blackfriars Bridge, 1896
Astronomy Illustrations, 1868-1881
Children With Toys, 1860s
Victorian Photocollage, 1860s-1880s
Future Dictates of Fashion, 1893
Animated 3D Stereoscopic Civil War Photos, c.1861-1865
The dangers of taking the bible too literally.
Interesting that he actually showed the correct orbital and rotational speeds on the map anyway….
It’s the Discworld!
Actually, he’s quite wrong in saying that the Bible condemns the idea of a circular earth. There’s even a verse that says that God “sits on the circle of the earth”.
Oh well, he was clearly a bit of an odd fish… :S
The last known complete copy of this map was recently donated to the Library of Congress (US).
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/11651
This site has a much larger copy – 3132 x 2148 pixels – for those who are interested.
More info:
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1549-ingenious-flat-earth-theory-revealed-old-map.html
On the right side middle is a depiction of Ferguson’s opinion of what would life would be like if we really lived on a globe hurtling thru space. I guess he never heard of gravity.
Ironically, I just finished reading a blog post by Phil Plait, who writes Discover Magazine’s “Bad Astronomer” column, where he repeated his belief that “Intelligent Design” (i.e. Creationism) is on it’s last legs and the concept is about to disappear for good. Seeing things like this makes it hard for me to share his optimism.