07-24-2008, 08:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
The crazy thing about this is you would think cartographers would have made a spherical model of Earth within the next few centuries. But no. I could be wrong, but I think the earliest known terrestrial globe didn't appear until somewhere around 1490-92.
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http://www.1worldglobes.com/earthglobe.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe#Manufacture
c. 150 BC
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