 At one time it was believed that the ocean covered every part of the earth except what was then known. Antipodes had never been heard of, and who could imagine that men would be able to walk with their heads downwards ? Yet after all, the antipodes were...  Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Page 57by M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) - 1803 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anne Elizabeth Burlingame - Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of - 1920 - 246 pages
...at once showed the grand idea they had of themselves and their extreme ignorance of the earth. ... At one time, it was believed that the ocean covered...map must be altered ; a new half added to the earth ! . . . These antipodes so unexpectedly disclosed should teach us to think modestly of our own attainments:... | |
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