Aristotle knew that the earth was spherical, citing the horizon, the Earth’s circular shadow during lunar eclipses, and other phenomena. One of the oldest earth mysteries was ‘what shape is it?’ Eratosthenes, in 240 BC, was able to prove the sphericity of the earth and estimate its size to a reasonable margin of error, by comparing the angle of the sun at two distant locations simultaneously. This part of the site has texts that deal with earth mysteries, such as ley lines, Atlantis, Feng Shui, and so on.

The 1885 Moberly, Mo.Ancient Monuments | Legendary Creatures | Ancient Voyagers | Elsewhere at this site.

How I Found the Lost Atlantis, the Source of All Civilization – Jason Colavito.

The 1909 Grand Canyon Newspaper Hoax – Jason Colavito.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder – Wikipedia.

The 1907 Ancient Japanese Flat Earth Map Hoax – Jason Colavito.

Flat Earth Believers Excited by Likely 1907 Newspaper Hoax Ancient World Map – Jason Colavito.

January 11, 1907,, Image 2 – Library of Congress Evening Chronicle claimed the discovery of a lost city beneath Moberly, Mo. In 1912, The New York American alleged that a deathbed confession had spurred Paul Schliemann, grandson of Heinrich Schliemann -the discoverer of Troy & Mycenae- to uncover the lost Atlantis. In 1909, the Arizona Gazette published an article about a Tibetan-style underground civilization found in the Grand Canyon. Several articles in other publications were written similarly. Publishing a work of fiction written as a journalistic piece -as the Hawaiian Gazette did with the Kobayashi article- was apparently acceptable and somewhat common in the era.

The tale & the Kobayashi map spread in flat-Earth communities as a hoax.

Flat-Earthers fail to realize it was a work of fiction that was common in the era. In 1907, the Hawaiian Gazette published one of such works titled “Was This World Map Made Ten Centuries Ago,” illustrated with the so-called Kobayashi map, for a more powerful story. However, newspapers of the era often published such works in a way it might not be obvious that these are just works of fiction. The lost world is a genre of fiction involving the discovery of an unknown world, popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s when the remnants of lost civilizations were being discovered by westerners.

Buddhist map of flat earth