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Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a planeA MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING IT TO BE A PLANE - and those of us who suppose it to be a globe are clearly mistaken. Date: 1893
Hobbes / Leviathan / FrontisLEVIATHAN : Frontispiece to the first edition, representing the spiritual and temporal power united in the person of the King, and ruling over the whole earth
Farmer and team of working horses plough a fieldA team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980
Hollow EarthTHE HOLLOW EARTH Neuperts model
Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, 1595, by Gerardus MercGerardus Mercator (1512-1594). Flemish cartographer. Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Map of the Arctic with the North Pole and surrounding lands within and outside the Arctic Circle, 1595
Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli
Poster design, Chicago Worlds Fair 1933, featuring a classical figure with arms raised, holding a model of the city. Date: 1933
Dig for Victory poster - WWIIWorld War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that
Satan Flies to EarthSatan, foiled in his ambitions in Heaven, descends to Earth to see what he can find to do down here
Hindu / The Cosmic TurtleIn the ancient Indian cosmogony, the Earth is sustained on the backs of elephants who are themselves standing on the back of a cosmic turtle
Depiction of a flat planet Earth, with curious little wheels for the ships to go round without (hopefully) falling off into space
Polzeath Bay, Cornwall19th century vintage photograph: Polzeath Bay, Cornwall. Polzeath; Cornish: Polsegh, is a small seaside resort village in the civil parish of St Minver in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
The Ghost Train, travel on the thrills and laughter lineThe Ghost Train, Do you feel like Nothing on Earth? Then there is an Express reason why you should see The Ghost Train with a real Bogey
Geological unconformity on the river Jed. Plate 3 from Theory of the Earth (1795) Vol. 1, by James Hutton
Earths CrustCross-section of the solid crust of planet Earth Date: 1879
International Air Rally Poster 1937Poster, High Speed Thrills! International Air Rally, Lympne, 28-29 August. Spectacular RAF Hendon Acrobatics, Racing, Live Parachuting, Foreign Aces. Organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. 1937
Thrilling Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Giant AntsHANDS ACROSS THE VOID - The giant ants of Titan help the Earth travellers against their enemies
Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover, Martian CityTHIA OF THE DRYLANDS (Harl Vincent) A secret service man from Earth navigates his ronsal along a street in a Martian city
PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (2)Earth is depicted at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the seven planets known to him : our globe is made up of four elements - earth, air, fire and water
PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (1)A representation of his system, showing Earth at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the planets and by the signs of the Zodiac
Continental drift diagramsA) The continents 175 million years ago. B) The continents 50 million years ago. Figs 65 & 67 from The Age of the Earth. See also < a href= http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/results.asp
Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World WarAerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944
Airship of UranusAirships of planet Uranus are powered by taking in air at the nose, compressing it and blasting it out at the rear. Maybe we on Earth could develop some such technology ?
Copernicus / Solar SystemThe solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun
Main components of the Solar SystemPanoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun
Religion / Egypt / GebAn Egyptian view of Creation - Geb, the Earth-God, lies on the ground with his sister NUT the sky-goddess arched above him; between them hovers the air- god, who is not involved
Passenger Pigeon-ExtinctPASSENGER PIGEON (Ectopistes migratorius) Probably once the most numerous bird on Earth, the Pigeon became extinct in 1914
Copernicuss System (1)A representation of his system, showing Earth circling the sun which illumines different parts of the globe according to the time of day and the season of the year
Masjid Al Haram, MeccaTraditionally inaugurated by Abraham, the Masjid al-Haram at Mecca, for Moslems the holiest place on Earth, houses the Ka aba containing a black meteorite venerated by Islam. Date: BCE - present
Continental Drift5 diagrams illustrating the positions of the continents 380 mya, 200 mya, 135 mya, 50 mya and the present
Foucault Demo, 1851Leon Foucault uses his pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth, at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851
Insects / BeeHumble bees; the wood bee (top) and earth bee (bottom)
Joseph Lyne (Ignatius)JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE known as Father Ignatius controversial Welsh churchman, founded monastery at Llanthony, believed in flat earth, etc. Date: 1837 - 1908
Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. DavisThe ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944
The EarthAccording to Hindu belief, the Earth is supported on elephants, standing on a tortoise, which floats in the Universal Ocean
Thrilling Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover - THE IONIAN CYCLETHE IONIAN CYCLE (William Tenn) A space traveller from Earth encounters some interesting fauna emerging from eggs, pods, shells or whatever. Date: 1948
Early Precambrian EarthAn impression of the Earths surface during the early Precambrian period (4, 500 to 543 million years ago), by Barry Evans
Conquest of the Earth, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine CoverTHE CONQUEST OF THE EARTH - An invader from Andromeda describes his home Date: 1930
Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover, The Golden PlanetoidTHE GOLDEN PLANETOID - A mysterious alien spacecraft lands in the Russian steppes Date: 1935
Seven Deadly SinsLife on Earth - where one is surrounded by the seven deadly sins - and life in Heaven, where we will go if we do not yield to them
Jatayus Fights RavanaJatayus, king of the vultures, tries to rescue Sita from the demon Ravana who is carrying her off to Sri Lanka. Sita throws her jewellery to earth as a sign for Rama
Religion / Egypt / ShuThe god of sunlight and air, he is often depicted separating GEB, the Earth-God, from his sister NUT, the Sky- God
Religion / Egypt / NutA sky-goddess, mother of the gods, after copulating with her brother the earth-god Geb
Geocentric SystemThe pre-Copernican system of the Planets - Earth at the centre orbited by the other planets including the sun, and surrounded by the stars
Rainbow Bridge / HendrichThe Rainbow Bridge connecting Heaven and Earth
Von Daniken CoverErich von Danikens book Chariots of the Gods in which he argues that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft which have been visiting Earth throughout human history
Planet Mars seen from one of its moonsThe planet Mars as seen from one of its moons, a hundred times larger than the planet Earths Moon as seen from Earth
Mutter Erde by Fiduscirca 1910s