[The Grammarian]

did not now that the whols world WAS known

Say what?

[Flash Bazbeaux]

did not now that the whols world WAS known

Say what?

Sorry, my keyboard was drinking.

“Did not know that the whole world WAS known”.

The author was claiming that AFTER Malthus’s prediction [1798], we discovered additional, previously “unknown” lands. That is not true, and it is not even close to arguable. The statement reflects a fundamental ignorance of historical progression.

Malthus was about