Library of Congress given 'flat Earth' map

  • Breaking
  • 20/06/2011

An Oregon man has given the Library of Congress a rare and unusual gift: a 120-year-old map supporting the theory that the Earth is flat.

Don Homuth, of Salem, Oregon, says the map was given to him by his eighth-grade teacher. It was created by Orlando Ferguson of Hot Springs, SD.

Homuth used to live in Fargo and was a North Dakota state senator.

Library of Congress spokesman Robert Morris told The Forum newspaper that officials checked more than 75 maps before confirming the design was one-of-a-kind.

He says the only other known copy of the map is in the Pioneer Museum in Hot Springs.

AP

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