Note 178 — Chapter VI · Globes of the Early Sixteenth Century

This statement reads: “Habes candide lector tabellam preinsculptam tibi latitudinem graduum regionium ... In globo vero diei quantitatem et noctis ... sic comprehendere potes omni de regione tam per globum quam per sexagenarium.” “You have, dear Reader, before you, a small plate on which are inscribed the degrees of latitude of the countries ... on the globe (you see) the duration of the day and night ... thereby you will be able to ascertain (the position of) every country by the globe as well as by the sexennium.”