Views of the World... People

by Matthew D.

Green

12/18/18

Homer,

Herodotus,

Eratosthenes,

Ptolemy,

Dark Ages View (not a "people"...),

Dante,

Now. Sizes and Distances. But we still have a LOT to learn...

Citations here...

"File:Eratosthenes measure of Earth circumference.svg." Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 1 Dec 2018, 21:00 UTC. 3 Jan 2019, 19:00 .

Wikipedia contributors. "Eratosthenes." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 16 Dec. 2018. Web. 20 Dec. 2018.

Windows to the Universe. www.windows2universe.org/people/ancient_epoch/ eratosthenes.html.