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    ofafricape,onatof

    thestrongfrotinuinghis

    voyagetoheeast,butthelisbonpilotsood

    theiortahisdisveryintheirquestfortheindia

    eintothatofthecapeofgood

    hope.

    oneyearlater,pedrodevilhaprovidedhletters

    ofediilarssion

    bylaerraneanandafterleaving

    egypt,hetravelledsouth

    there,travellingthroughtheersofthepersiangulfh

    feenhadseensihedaysofalexahegreat,

    eighteeuriesbefore,hevisitedgoaandcalithe

    astofindiaagreatdealofhe

    islandoftheondagascarolie

    halfued,paid

    aseedina,crossedtheredsea

    onof

    presterjohn,hantheblaegusor

    kingofabyssinia,orshadadoptedchristianity

    inthefourthtury,sevenhundredyearsbeforethechristian

    ssionarieshadfoundtheirosdinavia.

    thesenyvoyageshadnvihepuesegeographers

    andcartographersthathevoyagetotheindies

    byaesearouteeanseasy.

    thentherearoseagreatdebate.sopeopleedtontinue

    theexploratioofthecapeofgoodhope.others

    said,``no,ustsailacrosstheatlantidthenwe

    shallreaathay.

    letusstaterightherethatstintelligentpeopleofthat

    daylynvihattheearthasflatasa

    paeansysteftheuniverse,

    iedanddulydesy,thegreat

    egyptiangeographer,heseuryof

    ourera,pleneedsofthenofthe

    ddleages,hadlongbeendiscardedbythestistsofthe

    renaissaheyhadaeptedthedoeofthepolish

    theti,nilauspeicus,udieshadn

    vincedhihattheearthberofroundplas

    uedaroundthesun,adisveryventure

    topublishforthirtysixyearsitedin1548,

    theyearofhisdeathfroearoftheholyinquisition,a

    papalurtablishedihirteeury

    heheresiesofthealbigensesandthewaldenses

    infrandinitalyveryldheresiesofdevoutlypious

    peoplebelieveinprivatepropertyandpreferred

    toliveinontthreatehe

    absolutepoe.butthebeliefinthe

    roundnessoftheearthnaicalexperts

    and,asisaid,theyingtherespective

    advaheeasteandtheeroutes.

    angtheadvocatesoftheeroutewasagenoese

    rihenaofbo.heheson

    ofaert.heseetohavebeenastudentatthe

    uyofpaviaathetid

    geotry.theookuphisfatherstradebutsoonwefind

    hierraravellingonbusiness.

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