The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
First circumnavigation
Widely attributed to Magellan, but considered misattributed and likely originated from Robert Green Ingersoll's essay 'Individuality' (1873). The belief in a round Earth was common among educated people in Magellan's time, and the Church did not officially teach a flat Earth.
19th century (Ingersoll's attribution)
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