Flat Earth Map - Gleason's New Standard Map Of The World - Large 24 x 36 1892

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Published in 1892, the creator of this map, Alexander Gleason, also believed that the world was flat.

A little way in from the periphery and at the twenty four hour divisions, are shown the hours of the day in Roman numerals, indicated by the letter, E, and commencing the reckoning of time from Greenwich, London, or on the line F.The face of the map is provided with two detatched[sic] radiating arms from the center to the Circumference of the time dial, the arms are held to­gether by friction, having a pivot socket at the center of the map. From the map’s patent, we know the author was aware and in full knowledge that the map was just a projection of the spherical Earth, contradictory to the claims in his book.

Secondary sources on the internet describe him as a civil engineer, but in the Directory he is listed variously as a solicitor (1882-1883), machinist (1889), engraver (1893) and patternmaker (1898)… never as a civil engineer.Things get weird, though, with the “Descriptive Key” on the back of the map, which ends with the sentence “The demonstration has reference to either considerations[sic]: the earth a globe or a plane—take your choice. My invention has reference to certain mechanical devices and geographical illustrations, to be used on a flat circular map of the world, and will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accom panyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a flat circular map of the world, showing the outlines of the several continents, some ofthe larger islands, the indicating arms and other matter which will be more clearly hereinafter shown. This quite a smart map - the numbers around the outside of the central disc show that longitude and time zones can be calculated quite simply by flattening the globe. Read through the rest of the exhibition to learn more about truth, belief, and the creation of geographic knowledge. Aside from the evidence offered by his book and the two maps, I have found only brief mentions in the Buffalo City Directory between 1882 and 1898, during which time he had at least six different addresses.

In any event, Joseph Steer Christopher was born in 1805 in Dartmouth, Devon; was a merchant active at the East India Chambers when he declared bankruptcy in 1844; was up and running with a railway investment scheme by 1845 and inviting investors in the “Natal Company” in 1850; lived for a time in Natal, South Africa and authored Natal, Cape of Good Hope (London: Effingham Wilson, 1850); is otherwise recorded at various addresses in England and Scotland; and from 1875 was resident at Morden College on Dec. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. This object also tells an interesting modern tale about the role of institutions in constructing the truth.A projection of a person on a page is also flat (see Jeff Brown’s ‘Flat Stanley’ character), but people aren’t flat,” Bennett said.