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The geographical lore of the time of the Crusades

Note 1114 — Chapter X · THE ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE KNOWN WORLD

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De sphaera, 3. After giving a brief definition of the climates, John says: “Dicitur autem clima tantum spacium per quantum sensibiliter variatur horologium.” In practice, this was always taken to be a difference of a half hour up to and including the sixth climate.

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