Hittorie of the Indies lib . r. 21 



world is not yet difcovered, feeing at this day our men 

 fayle in the South Sea vnto China and the Philippines: 

 and wee fay , that to go from Peru to thofe parts , they 

 paflea greater Sea, then in going from Sprint to Peru. 

 Moreover ^ wee know, that by that famous Straight of ^^ 



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<JMaj7?e!Un thelc two Seas doeioyne and continue onjf^ftii:* j 

 with an other ( I fay the South fea with that of the 

 North) by that part of the Antarticke Pole, which fe 

 in fifcie one degrees oTajtitude, But it is a great que- 

 T&on ( wherein many have bufied themfelves?) whe 

 ther thefe two Seas iovne together in the Norrfi^gart: 

 but I have not heard 3 that any vnto this day, could at- 

 tayne vnto this point, but by certaine likelihoods and 



der the North, opgofite to thaLQf <JMazgelUn. But it 

 lufficethfor ourfubledt, to knowe, that there is a fir me 

 Land on this Southerne part,as bigge as all EHr.opc,Afa 

 and Affricke : that vnder both the Poles we finde both 

 land and fea JU onJi^^cingjin otHcr. Whereof the 

 Ancients migHntanJm dooBFTand contradict it for 

 want of experience. 



To confute the opinion 0/La<5fcmtius,n^ brides there bt 

 no Antipodes. CHAP. 7. 



SEeing it is manifeft 3 that there is firme land vpon the 

 South part or Pole AntArttke , wee.muft nbwjeejf 

 it be inhabited :_thc which hath bene a matter very 

 diiputable in former times. LtiftafttitttPirmifM^and 

 S. Au?ufiincm<xkt atfuch as hold there be any Anti- 



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