75. La forma de la Tierra

Primera representación de la Tierra sin agua (1694)

“Map of the world, shown as if the oceans were dried up. Thomas Burnet was the first Englishman to attempt a scientific account of the origin of the earth. His treatise, Telluris Thoeoria Sacra, is a curious blend of geography and archaeology, which aroused considerable interest at the time. California is shown as an Island, but no Northwest passage, an unusual concession for an Englishman of this era.”

(Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps)

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Representación actual de la Tierra sin agua en base a imágenes satelitales y a tecnologías digitales.