Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea / Christine Garwood.

Author/creator Garwood, Christine
Format Book
Edition1st Thomas Dunne Books ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
Descriptionxii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The Columbus blunder -- Surveying the Earth -- A public sensation -- The infamous flat-Earth wager -- Trials and tribulations -- Lady Blount and the new zetetics -- Flat-Earth utopia -- Man on the moon? -- The view from the edge -- The Californian connection -- Epilogue -- Myths and meanings -- Appendix -- Abbreviations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
LCCN 2008018431
ISBN9780312382087 (alk. paper)
ISBN0312382081 (alk. paper)