America and Copernicus’s Universe #
October 11th, 2009 | In Worth Reading
More than the non-trivial history lesson that this article teaches, I love the way it clarifies and illuminates the vast amounts of the natural world that were a mystery in pre-Copernican Europe. The sense of progress, wonder, and possibility I got from it gave me a brain-boner.
And because the article made me deeply curious about it, the best version of the Waldseemüller map is on Wikipedia. If, like mine, your browser chokes on their massive full-size version, the one appended to this review will probably sate your curiosity.
