Note 441 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 441: For Cipango, or Japan, see Yule's Marco Polo, vol. ii. pp. 195-207. The venerable astronomer's style of composition is amusing. He sets out to demonstrate to Columbus that the part of the voyage to be accomplished through new and unfamiliar stretches of the Atlantic is not great; but he is so full of the glories of Cathay and Cipango that he keeps reverting to that subject, to the manifest detriment of his exposition. His argument, however, is perfectly clear.[Back to Main Text]