• Question: Who first argued that the world was not flat? What was his theory?

    Asked by meg123 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 19 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by gpap08.
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      Karen Reed answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      It seems that Pythagoras is the 1sy anciant greek phylosipher to suggest a round earth in around 500 BC.
      It was later (much later) proven by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano’s who circumnavigated to earth (1519−1521).[taken from wikipedia]

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