Geographical And Mathematical Discussion Of Plutarchs Account Of Ancient Voyages To The New World Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Geographical and Mathematical Discussion of Plutarch's Account of Ancient Voyages to the New WorldThe longitude of Barbadoes, in the West India Islands, is 59 37' west; that of the Cape Verde Island, St. Vincent, 25 17' west, and the difference of longitude is about 345 degrees, equal to statute miles - or over 352 miles less than the distance recorded by Homer, but it must be remembered that the Cape Verde Islands are only 350 miles from the coast of Africa, * the approximate easterly Shore of the continent to which Odysseus returns; and 350 9644.The fame of Homer's story probably made all islands or lands found in the Atlantic Ogygias, so that Plutarch's island was, probably, only one of many claimed as the island which Homer mentioned.These references suffice to Show that Homer and the other ancient writers had a fairly accurate knowledge of the distance to the West Indian islands, and that the sailors of those times must have made voyages into our seas in order to have had such an accurate knowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.