How we learned the earth is round / by Patricia Lauber ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd.
1992
CMC QB286 .L38 1992 (Mapit)
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Title
How we learned the earth is round / by Patricia Lauber ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd.
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Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
ISBN
0064451097 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : HarperTrophy, 1992, c1990.
Language
English
Description
32 p. : ill. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Call Number
CMC QB286 .L38 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification
525.1
Summary
Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.
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Let's-read-and-find-out science book
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