Deutsch: Diese Kategorie beinhaltet historische und weitere aufschlußreiche Bilder über die Kugelgestalt der Erde.
English: This category includes historical and other instructive images which inform about the sphericity of the Earth.
Español: Esta categoría incluye históricos y otros imagenes instructivos sobre la esfericidad de la Tierra.
Svenska: Den här kategorin innehåller historiska och övriga lärorika bilder som förklarar jordens sfäriska form.

Medieval images

  • Spherical earth with the four seasons (Liber Divinorum Operum, 12th century)
    Spherical earth with the four seasons (Liber Divinorum Operum, 12th century)
  • Two men walk around the spherical earth, one to each direction, and meet on the opposite side (14th century manuscript).
    Two men walk around the spherical earth, one to each direction, and meet on the opposite side (14th century manuscript).
  • Detailed view of the 14th century miniature
    Detailed view of the 14th century miniature
  • John Gower prepares to shoot the world, a sphere with compartments representing earth, air, and water (Vox Clamantis, ca. 1400).
    John Gower prepares to shoot the world, a sphere with compartments representing earth, air, and water (Vox Clamantis, ca. 1400).
  • Detailed view of the earth in Vox Clamantis
    Detailed view of the earth in Vox Clamantis
  • 1550 edition of the medieval astronomy textbook De sphaera mundi ("On the Sphere of the World")
    1550 edition of the medieval astronomy textbook De sphaera mundi ("On the Sphere of the World")

Early globes

  • The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestial globe (1492/93)
    The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestial globe (1492/93)

Maps of the first circumnavigation of the Earth by Magellan and Elcano

  • Portuguese circumnavigation 1519−1522
    Portuguese circumnavigation 1519−1522

Curvature of the Earth

  • When a ship is at the horizon, its lower part is invisible due to Earth's curvature
    When a ship is at the horizon, its lower part is invisible due to Earth's curvature

Obviusly fake. Yo can zoom it.

Earth from space

But 16 previous missions couldn't take photos for comparison...Feel free to hesitate.

Lunar eclipse