Zetetic Astronomy: The Earth not a Globe

Zetetic Astronomy: The Earth not a Globe is a book published by Samuel Rowbotham in 1865. It is considered one of the foundational works of the modern-day flat Earth movement, containing the sum of Rowbotham's ideas on the subject.[1][2]

Content

Map of the Earth according to Zetetic Astronomy, 1881

In his book, Rowbotham expanded his ideas from his 1849 pamphlet Zetetic Astronomy and proposed that Earth is a flat disc centred at the North Pole and bounded along its southern edge by a wall of ice, Antarctica. Rowbotham further held that the Sun and Moon were 3,000 miles (4,800 km) above Earth and that the "cosmos" was 3,100 miles (5,000 km) above Earth.[3][1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Schadewald & Schadewald 2015, p. 18-23.
  2. 1 2 De Morgan, Augustus (1872). "A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II), by Augustus de Morgan". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
  3. ↑ Garwood 2007, p. 46

Sources

  • Garwood, Christine (2007). Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea. Pan Books. ISBN 1-4050-4702-X.
  • Schadewald, Bob; Schadewald, Wendy S. (2015). The Plane Truth. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
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