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Dante and the early astronomers (1913)

Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 392

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ocean which surrounds all the land. At theopposite or western extremity are the Pillars of Her-cules, which two angels appear to be guarding. Inthe centre, but not so exactly or conspicuously centralas in some other maps, we find Hierusalem. Alongthe south is the long narrow continent of Africa,… … f^^y..j MAP OF THE WORLD BY HEINRICH OF MAINZ, ABOUT a.d. UIO.Reproduced by permission from, Beazleys Dawn of Modern Geography. ( To face p. 3UU. CELESTIAL PHENOMENA AND TIME. 345 and other islands. Rome is figured as a battlementedcity, about halfway between Jerusalem and the Pillarsof Hercules.…

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