Therefore,
Though I Could Better Shew It With A Globe In My Hand, So As To Make Him
Sensible Of
The figure and dimensions of the world; yet I have resolved to
make it as easy and intelligible as possible
By delineating this way upon
a chart, such as is used in navigation. Wherefore I now send one to his
majesty, drawn by my own hand; in which I have set down the utmost bounds
of the west, from Ireland in the north to the farthest parts of Guinea,
with all the islands that lie in the way: Opposite to which western coast,
the beginning of the Indies is delineated, with the islands and places to
which you may go, and how far you may bend from the north pole towards the
equinoctial, and for how long a time; that is, how many leagues you must
sail before you arrive at those places which are most fruitful in all
sorts of spice, in jewels and precious stones.
"Do not wonder that I term the country where the spice is produced in the
west, because that production has been generally ascribed to the east:
Since those who may sail to the westward will always find those places in
the west, which those who travel by land eastwards must find in the
east. The straight lines that run lengthways in the chart shew the
distances from east to west, and the other lines which cross these at
right angles shew the distances from north to south.
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