The Book of Earths

Abstract

1928. A compendium of views of earth, its features, and the universe from a variety of cultures and time periods. Profusely illustrated with figures and plates. Includes: Man's quest in space; Figures of earth; The creation of the world; Upholders of the world; Primeval earth; Babylonian universe; Egyptian universe; Earth moon catastrophe; Deluge; Lost Atlantis; Lost land of the west; Trees of the world; Mountains of the world; Wheel of life; Earth the mundane egg; Systems of the universe; Square earth of Cosmas Indicopleutes; Peruvian universe; Aztec universe; Tartar-Mongol worlds; Maps of the earth; Earth of Columbus; Dante's universe; Earth the heart of the cosmos; Saint Hildegard's universe; Earths in the universe; Wheels upon wheels; World octaves; Earth a hollow sphere; Tetrahedral earth; Bibliography.