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HISTORY OF THE SEA. 



surrounding the world, still remained in his system. He com- 

 pared, however, the magnitude of the regions known in his time 

 with what he conceived to be the whole circumference, and 

 beeame convinced that only a third part of the space was filled 

 up. He conjectured that the remaining space might consist of 

 one great ocean, which he called the Atlantic, from Mount Atlas, 

 which was fancifully believed to support the globe. He supposed, 

 too, that lands and islands might be discovered in it by sailing 

 towards the west. 



We shall now proceed to give such a description of the vessels 

 used by the Greeks after the time of Homer, as the confused 

 and incomplete data which have reached us will enable us tc 

 furnish. 



THE GREAT PENGU1H. 



