BOORSTIN, DANIEL J. : The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. historian, professor, attorney, and writer, 1914-2004)

BOORSTIN, DANIEL J. : The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. historian, professor, attorney, and writer, 1914-2004)