...come to another conclusion respecting the earth, namely, that it is not round as they describe, but of the form of a pear, which is very round except where the stalk grows,at which part it is most prominent. ...I am convinced that [this] is the spot of the earthly...

...to another conclusion respecting the earth, namely, that it is not round, as they describe, but. of the form of a pear, which is very round except where...the stalk grows, at which part it is most prominent, this protrusion being the highest and nearest the sky; " or, as he said again, " This western half...

...Ferdinand and Isabella. There he describes the Earth not as a sphere but shaped like a huge breast, "like a round ball, upon one part of which is a prominence like a woman's nipple." This "protrusion" is the "highest and nearest the sky" and the "earthly paradise" is at "the summit of the spot which...