p The Prefaec. 
pmed to it 600 years before : thus 
was the Atlmtick Oceans caufed to be a 
Sea, if you will believe the fame Phi-- 
iofopher^ who flourijhed 3 66 years before 
the Birth of our Saviour. 
America is homded on the Souph 
with the freight of Magellan^ where 
there are many , Jjlands difingmfhed 
by an interflming Bay tfje weji with 
the paci-ftque Sea^ or mare-ael-zur^ whith 
Sea rmis to wards the North ^ fepardte- 
ing it from the Eafl parts of Afia ; 
m the Eaft with the Atlantick^ or our 
We fern Ocean called mare-del- Nort • 
md on the North with the Sea that 
fefarateth it from Grovelaad^ thorow 
which Seas the fuppofed pajfage to 
Chinalyeth thefe North parts fas yet 
are but barely dt [covered by our voya^ 
The length of this new World be- 
trnen the freights of Aaiam and Ma- 
gellan is 2400 German milesf in 
breadth between Gabo de fortuoa near 
ike Amm freights is 1300 German 
m-les» 4bout 18 leagues from Nombre 
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