Even if not, seeing the curvature of the Earth over water (see above re Dover and Calais, or any loch in the Great Glen)could give the impression that it is smaller than it actually is

While on that point, it's worth remember that any seafaring nation, and certainly the ancient Greeks, knew that boats 'disappeared over the horizon' quite slowly (boat first, mast last, for example) and the Greeks at least realised that meant the earth was not flat. In fact we know they had surprising good estimates for the size of the earth given they had such limited means of measuring it. So forget any of this nonsense about everyone believing the world to be flat ... where did that come from? Oh, yes, I'll treat myself to a cut'n'paste' from The history of the flat earth society

The modern age of the Flat Earth Society dates back to the early 1800s, when it was founded by Samuel Birley Rowbotham, an English inventor. Samuel Rowbotham's Flat Earth views were based largely on literal interpretation of Bible passages.


Now, who know's whether a site that purports to represent Flat Earthers is official or not? I certainly don't. But there's that literal interpreation of the bible rearing its head again ...