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projected a map of the whole world, the Eastern Asia of Marco 
Polo and Sir John Mandeville included. Cutting his map off 
at the Golden Chersonesus, beyond the Ganges, so as to attach 
it to a roller, how else could he complete Asia and the 360 de- 
gress of longitude but by the line he drew on the other side of 
the globe? Asia and America are not both laid down. ich 
is omitted? If this line be the unknown new Continent, what 
has he done with the well known part of the old Continent? 
Furthermore, where are Zipangu and the islands of the Eastern 
Archipelago described by Marco Polo and so ardently sought by 
Columbus? If Cuba be Zaiton or Mangi, surely Hispaniola 
must be Zipangu [Pl. 2, No. 8]. How else could Columbus 
The fourth objection is answered by simply looking for a mo- 
ly in use. The indications of lati- 
tude and longitude are abundant, and there is a good scale both 
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