Sep 05 2011
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“ Much they marveled at the playing of the fly and needle, which they could see so plainly and yet not touch it because of the glass that covered them. But when he demonstrated by that globe-like jewel the roundness of the earth and skies, the sphere of the sun, moon, and stars, and how the sun did chase the night round about the world continually, the greatness of the land and sea, the diversity of nations, variety of complexions, and how we were to them antipodes and many other such like matters, they all stood as amazed with admiration.
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John Smith, amazing the Indians with a compass and then a vaguely drugged-out vision of the world, in The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1612/1624).
Also you can now ask me questions, despite probably not having any.
