Views Of Earth From The Middle Ages To The Space Age

By Nell Greenfieldboyce,

Jason Orfanon

Published February 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM EST

Robert Poole, a historian at the University of Cumbria in the United Kingdom and author of Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth, takes a journey through time and space, exploring images of the Earth through the ages.

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