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How the Earth was Regarded in Old Times - Charles P. Daly, Camille Flammarion - Editions Le Mono

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How the Earth was Regarded in Old Times

de Charles P. Daly (auteur), Camille Flammarion (auteur)
Maison d'édition : Editions Le Mono
septembre 2016
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Some people held the earth to be hemispherical, and to be supported like a boat turned upside down upon the heads of four elephants, which stood on the back of an immense tortoise. Other primitive ideas represented the earth as a vast plain or flat island, surrounded on all sides by an inaccessible and interminable ocean.

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Some people held the earth to be hemispherical, and to be supported like a boat turned upside down upon the heads of four elephants, which stood on the back of an immense tortoise. Other primitive ideas represented the earth as a vast plain or flat island, surrounded on all sides by an inaccessible and interminable ocean. At the extremities and around the borders were placed the "fortunate isles," or imaginary regions, peopled by giants, pygmies, and extraordinary beings. The circumscribing water surrounding the irregular outlines of the land led to the idea of a universal ocean. But, when men began to have experience of the sea by early navigation, the idea of a circular horizon always observed led to the notion that the ocean was bounded, and the whole earth came to be represented as contained in a circle, beneath which were roots reaching downward...

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  • Camille Flammarion (auteur)

    Nicolas Camille Flammarion (1842 - 1925) est un astronome français. Il fut un membre très actif de maintes sociétés savantes et d’associations pour la vulgarisation des sciences positives.

Auteur(s) : Charles P. Daly, Camille Flammarion

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Caractéristiques

Editeur : Editions Le Mono

Auteur(s) : Charles P. Daly, Camille Flammarion

Publication : 8 septembre 2016

Edition : 1ère édition

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [Mobi/Kindle + WEB + ePub]

Contenu(s) : Mobi/Kindle, WEB, ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (Mobi/Kindle), DRM (WEB), Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 1,32 Mo (Mobi/Kindle), 1 octet (WEB), 574 ko (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

Code(s) CLIL : 3381

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [Mobi/Kindle + WEB + ePub] : 9782366592399

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