Note 432 — SECOND PART. The Astronomy of Dante. (continued 2)
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Purg. xxviii. 142. Opinions differed as to its exact site, and some placed it in the ocean beyond the eastern limit of the habitable earth. In V. E. I. viii. 6-10, Dante says that the root of the human race was planted in eastern lands, but this refers to Adam’s home after the expulsion from Paradise.