The terrestial Sphere.
Sphera terrestris.
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It is divided into V. _Zones_,
whereof the II. _frigid ones_,
9....9.
are uninhabitable;
Distribuitur in _Zonas_ V.,
quarum duæ _frigidæ_,
9....9.
sunt inhabitabiles;
the II. _Temperate_ ones, 10....10.
and the _Torrid_ one, 11.
habitable.
duæ _Temperatæ_, 10....10.
& _Torrida_, 11.
habitantur.
Besides it is divided
into three _Continents_;
Ceterum divisa est
in tres _Continentes;_
this of ours, 12. which
is subdivided into _Europe_, 13.
_Asia,_ 14. _Africa_, 15.
nostram, 12. quæ
subdividitur in _Europam_, 13.
_Asiam_, 14. & _Africam_, 15.
_America_, 16....16.
(whose Inhabitants are
_Antipodes_ to us;)
and the _South Land_, 17....17.
yet unknown.
in _Americam_, 16....16.
(cujus incolæ sunt
_Antipodes_ nobis;)
& in _Terram Australem_, 17....17.
adhuc incognitam.
They that dwell
under the _North pole_, 18.
have the days and nights
6 months long.
Habitantes
sub _Arcto_, 18.
habent Dies Noctes
semestrales,
Infinite _Islands_
float in the Seas.
Infinitæ _Insulæ_
natant in maribus.