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And that most published majority believed in the Ptolemaic model. Which as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_model https://en.wikipedia.o

by btilly 1y ago

And that most published majority believed in the Ptolemaic model. Which as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric_model#Ptolemaic_mod... says: > Ptolemy argued that the Earth was a sphere in the center of the universe... Note. Spherical Earth. Not flat.

westurner 1y ago
But could the Greeks sail? Did ancient (Eastern?) Jacob's Staff surveying and navigation methods account for the curvature of the earth? https://www.google.com/search?q=Did%20ancient%20(Eastern%3F)%20Jacob's%20Staff%20surveying%20and%20navigation%20methods%20account%20for%20the%20curvature%20of%20the%20earth%3F https://www.google.com/search?q=Did%20ancient%20(Eastern%3F)... : - History of geodesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_geodesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_geodesy FWIU Egyptian sails are Phoenician in origin.