Note 329-6 — NARRATIVE OF THE THIRD VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS AS CONTAINED IN LAS CASAS’S HISTORY
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The fifth clime or climate is a term in Ptolemy’s geographical system. The fifth climate was a strip 255 Roman miles in width lying between 41° and 45° north latitude. Cf. Raccolta Columbiana, Parte I., Tomo 2, p. 293. The latitude of the Azores is about 37°-40°.