CONTENTS

Man's Quest in Space,

1

Figures of Earth,

6

The Creation of the World,

22

Upholders of the World,

38

The Primæval Earth,

51

The Babylonian Universe,

54

The Egyptian Universe,

63

The Earth Moon Catastrophe,

66

The Deluge,

77

The Lost Atlantis,

80

The Lost Land of the West,

83

Trees of the World,

89

Mountains of the World,

122

The Wheel of Life,

134

Earth the Mundane Egg,

145

Systems of the Universe,

160

The Square Earth of Cosmas Indicopleutes,

179

The Peruvian Universe,

185

The Aztec Universe,

189

Tartar-Mongol Worlds,

193

Maps of the Earth,

199

The Earth of Columbus,

208

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Dante's Universe,

211

Earth the Heart of the Cosmos,

214

Saint Hildegard's Universe,

217

The Earths in the Universe,

226

Wheels upon Wheels,

228

The World Octaves,

234

Earth a Hollow Sphere,

238

The Tetrahedral Earth,

256

Bibliography,

263

Index,

269