Old Atlas from 1737
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Fun fact : The myth that people used to think the world was flat and needed columbus to set them straight was first created and popularized in the 19th century by the popular fiction author of sleepy hollow and rip van winkle. It is uniquely american.
Since ancient greece virtually every educated person has been taught the world is spherical from childhood.
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Educated greeks fucked little boys in the ass too.
Pedophiles, the lot of them.
Sophistry = Hedonism = Pedophilia
However, the commoners loathed and despised it. It was a "sickness" of the rich and psychopathic, just like today - and for the same reasons.