the earth D. E. A. the Circle of the heauen from East to west let A bee the Sunne or a starre When the Sunne A is vp and shines vpon them that dwell in B hee is not risen to them that dwell in C againe when hee is risen higher and is come to E and so shines vpon those that dwell in C hee is not yet vp to them that dwell in F Againe when hee setts in the West in D and so is out of sight to the inhabitants in B hee is yet vp to them that dwell in C and F Which shews plainely the earth is round 4 By the different obseruations of Eclipses One and the same Eclipse appearing sooner to the Easterly Nations then those that lye farther west which is caused by the bulke of the earth swelling vp betweene As for example Let X. O. bee the Circle of the earth and the greater the Circle of the heauen from East to West Let P. Q. bee the body of the Sunne W. S. of the Moone in the eclipse by reason of the earth betweene it and the Sunne It is manifest that the inhabitants in O shall see the eclipse before the inhabitants in X by certaine houres according as the distance betweene X and O is more or lesse They that dwell in O shall see it in S they that dwell in X see it not till it come to W a great deale higher 5 That the water is round besides the naturall weight and moisture of it which being apt to yeeld and runne abroad will not suffer some places to ly high and some low like hills dales but though it be made rough and vneuen by tempest doth preseÌ„tly returne to their naturall smoothnesse and euennesse I say besides this it is cleare by common experience for if wee stand on the land and see a ship goe forth to sea by degrees wee loose the sight of it first of the bulke then of the must and all So also one the other side they that are at sea by degrees doâ— loose or gaine the sight of the Land As for example Let A bee some steeple vpon the land B a shipp at sea He that stands at A shall by little and little loose the sight of the ship as shee goes out gett sight of her as shee comes in Both first and last hee shall haue the sight of the top mast B when hee sees nothing else Because the sea riseth vp betweene his sight and the ship These reasons and experiments may suffice to proue the roundnesse of the earth and water which might bee farther demonstrated by shewing the falshood of all other figures regular or irregular that can be giuen vnto it that it is neither square nor three-cornerd nor Piramidall nor conicall on Taperwise nor Cylindricall like a barley rowle nor hollow like a dish nor of any other fashion as some haue imagined it to bee of Wee come to this second rule 2 The tops of the highest hills and bottoms of the lowest vallies although in seuerall places they make the earth vneven yet being compared to the vast greatnesse of the whole doe not at all hinder the roundnesse of it Among all Geometricall figures the sphaetiall or the round is the most perfect and amongst all naturall bodies the heauen is the most excellent It was therefore good reason the most beautifull body should haue the most perfect and exquisite shape Exact roundnesse then is not found in any body but the Heauens the earth is round as was showed before but not precisely with out all roughnes and inaequality of its surface There are hills like warts and vallies like wrinkels in a mans body and that both for ornament and vse Yet is there such vnformity in this varietie as that there is no notable and sensible inaequaâ—ity made in the earth by Hills and vallies No more then if you should lay a sly vpon a smooth Cartwheele or a pinnes head vpon a greate globe Now that this is soe appeares by Sense and Reason By Sense thus If wee stand on a hill or in a plaine when wee may discrie the country round about 15. or 20. miles wee may behold the bâ—im or edge of the earth round about vs to bee in a manner euen and streight euen there where the country is very hilly and full of mountaines So thâ—t a farre of their height makes but a little alteration and difference from the plaine Countreys when wee behold all togeather a farre of though when wee come neere the alteration seemes more sensible By reason thus the thicknesse of halfe the earth is as shall be shewed about 4000 miles now the plumb height of the highest mountaines is not accounted aboue a mile and a halfe or two miles at the most Now betweene two miles and foure thousand there is no sensible proportion and a line that is foure thousand and two miles long will not seeme sensibly longer then that which is foure thousand as for example Let O be the center of the earth XW a part of the circle of the earth which runneth by the bottomes of the hils and superficies of champion and even plaines WO or XO is the semidiamâ—ter or halfe the depth of the earth S is a hill rising vp aboue that plaine of the earth WS is the plumb height of the hill I say that WS doth not sensibly alter the length of the line OW for WS is but two miles WO 4000 miles and two to 4000 alters not much more then the breadth of a pinne to the length of a pearch So a line drawne from O the center to S the top of the hill is in a manner all one with a line drawen to W the bottome of the hill The third rule 3 The earth resteth immovable in the very midst of the whole earth Two points are here to be demonstrated First that the earth standeth exactly in the midst of the World Secondly that it is immoveable The former is proved by these reasons 1 The naturall heavinesse of the earth and water is such as they will never cease mooving downewards till they come to the lowest place Now the center or middle point of the world is the lowest place and ergo they must needs moue thither as for example Let O be the center of the world C D E the heauens it is manifest that the lowest place from the heauens on all sides is O Sâ—uppose the earth to be in A or in B some where out of the center I say it is not possible vnlesse it be violently held vp that it should abide there but it will descend till it come to O the middle point 2 If the earth stood any where but in the midest we should not see halfe the heauens aboue vs as now we alway doe neither could there be any Aequinox neither would the daies and nights lengthen and shorten in that due order and proportion in all places of the World as now they doe againe Eclipses would
never fall out but in one part of the heavens yea the Sunne and Moone might be directly opposite one to another and yet no Eclipse follow all which are absurd As for example let the center of the World be O let the earth stand in A a good way distant from the center it is manifest that the greater halfe of the Heauens C I B will alwaies be aboue and the lesse halfe C D B below which is contrary to experience Thence also it followes that the daies and nights will never be equall for the Sunne B will be alwaies longer aboue the earth whil'st he moues from B to C then below mouing from C to B Againe the Sunne B may stand iust opposite to the Moone X and yet noe Eclipse follow the earth which makes the Eclipse standing out of the midst 3 The shadowes of all bodies on the earth would not fall in that orderly vniformity as they now doe for if the earth stood towards the East the shadowes would be shortest before noone if toward the west afternoone if towards the North the shadowes would still fall Northward if towards the South Southwards all which experience shewes to be false As for example let the earth stand Eastwards in A the shadow of any body vpon the earth as of the body vnder E will be shorter in the morning when the sunne is in C then at noone when the sunne is in X If the earth stand Southward in W the shaddow of any body will alwaies fall south as it doth in the figure Y and Z. The second thing to be proued was that the earth is immoueable where wee must vnderstand a double motion Streight or Circular For the first it is cleare that with out supernaturall violence it cannot bee moued in any streight motion that is vpward downewarde or toward any side it cannot bee shoued out of his place For the Second whether abiding still in his place it may not moue rounde the question is disputed and maintained one both sides Some affirme it may and doth who thinke there is greater probabilitie the earth should mooue round once a day then that the Heauens should by reason of the incredible swiftnesse of the heauens motion scares conpetible to any naturall body and the more likely Slownesse of the earths mouing Others deny it grounding theire opinion vpon Scripture which affirmes the earth to stand fast so as it cannot bee moued and vpon Sence because wee perceaue it not to moue and lastly vpon reasons drawne from things hurled vp and let fall vpon the earth The arguments on both sides wil bee more easie to bee vnderstood by the figure that followes In this figure it is manifest that the earth in the midest cannot â—oue by any streight motion vpward towarde N or sideward toward M or any other way out of its proper place and therefore that opinion of Copernicus and others that the earth should moue round once ayeere in such a Circle as M P R is most improbable vnreasonable And reiected by the most But although it cannot moue streight it may moue round For though it be a mâ—rueilous great body of vnconceaueable weight yet being equally poised on euery side there is nothing can hinder its Circular motion As in a Globe of Lead or any other heauy substance though it were 40. Fadome in compasse yet being set vpon his two Poles it would easily bee turned round euâ—n with a touch of ones little finger And therefore it is concluded that this circular motion is not impossible The probabilitie of it is thus made plaine The whole circuit of the Heauens wherein are the fixed Starrs is reckoned by Astronomers to bee 1017562500. that is a Thousand and seauenteene Millions of 〈…〉 les fiue hundred sixty two thousand and fiue hundred miles Let this bee the compasse of the Circle N M O Z. So many miles doth the Heauâ—ns moue in one day till the same point come to the place from whence it went as till N moue round and come to N againe This being the motion of the whole day 24 â—ouâ—es how mâ—ny miles will N moue in one houre â—t will moue 423 〈◊〉 4â—7 and a halfe i. e. Forty two Millions three hundred ninty eight thousand foure hundred thirty seuen miles and an halfe So many miles will N moue in one houre from N to M. A motion so swiâ—â— that it is vtterly 〈…〉 dible Farre more likely it is the circuit of the earth A S X V being about 24000. i. e. twenty foure thousand 〈…〉 les 〈◊〉 or lesse it should moue round once aday For then one point as N should moue in one houre from X to V but a thousand miles which motion although it bee swifter then any arrow or bullet from a Cannons mouth yet is it incomparably flower then that of the Heauens where so many Millions are posted ouer in an houre Now for the saluing of all the caelestiall Phaenomena or appearances the truth is the same if wee suppose the earth to moue as if wee beleeue it to stand still The riseing of the Sunne and Starres the motions of all the Planets will keepe Correspondence that now Nor neede wee feare logging or that steples and towers would totter downe for the motion is regular and steady without rubbes and knocks As if you turne a globe about it will goe steadyly and a fly will set fast vpon it though you moue it apace Besides the whole body the ayre is carryed about with the whiâ—linge of the earth so that the earth will make noe winde as it turnes swiftly about as a wheele will if it bee turned apace Notwithstanding all this most are of another opinion that the earth standeth still without all motion rest rather befittinge so heauy and dull a body then motion The maine reason brought to establish it is this Let a stone bee throwne downe out of the ayre from W if the earth stand still it is manifest it will fall vpon X iust vnder it as wee see it doth by common experience a stone will fall downe from any height vpon the place wee aymed at but let the earth moue the stone will not light vpon X but some where else as one S for X will bee moued away and gone to U. So againe let two peices of ordinance that will shoote at equall distance bee discharged one iust towards the East the other towards the West if the earth moue as they say it doth towards the West the bullet that is discharged Eastward will fly farther then that Westward For by the contrary motion of the earth hee will gaine ground But experience hath proued this to bee false shewing that the bullets will both fly at equall distance To salue thiâ— answere is made that the earth by its swist motion carries with it and that steadily not only all bodies resting or moueing vpon it but also the whole Sphaere of Aire W E Q with all things whatsoeuer that are moued in
it naturally or violently as clouds birds stones hurled vp or downe arrowes bullets and such like things violently shott forth as may appeare in the figure The fourth rule 4 The earth though it bee of exceeding greate quantity being considered in itselfe yet being compared to the Heauens especially the higher sphaeres is of noe notable bignes but may be accounted as a point or pricke in the middest of the world That the earth is noe bigger then a point or pinns head in comparison of the highest heauens will easily appeare vnto vs by these reasons 1 The starres which are many times bigger then the earth seeme yet to vs to bee noe bigger then a greate pinns head or such like quantity therefore much lesse shall the earth appeare to bee of any sensible magnitude 2 Wee alwaies beholde halfe the heauens aboue vs which could not bee if the earth had any sensible proportion to the heauen 3 All obseruations of hights and distances of the coelestiall bodies which are made on the superficies of the earth are as exact and true as if they were made in the very centre of the earth Which were impossible vnlesse the thicknes of the earth were insensible in regard of the Heauens 4 All Sunn Dialls which stand on the superficies of the earth doe as truely cast the shadowes of the houres as if they stood in the Center As for example The starre S appeares like a point or pricke to them that dwell in A wherefore the earth O X will appeare much lesse to the sight of him that should behold it from S nay it would not bee seene at all Againe halfe the Heauens B F E are alwayes seene to theÌ„ that dwell in A wanting some two minutes betweene E D and B C which difference is alltogether insensible Againe if wee obserue the height of the starre S aboue the Horizon B E it will bee all one namely B S whether wee obserue it in the topp of the earth in A or in the middle in O. For A and O are so little distant one from another that A S and O S will bee paralell lines and bee esteemed but 〈◊〉 one line The fourth reason concerning Dialls is cleare by the framing and constructioâ— of them wherein either the lower end of the Cocke or Gnomon whereat all the houre lines meet or the vpperend and knobb as in many Dialls is supposed to bee the Center of the earth CAP. 3. Of the parts of the terrestriall Globe THe properties of the earthly Globe haue beene handled in the former chapter wee come now to the parts which are two in generall Earth Water Both containe vnder them more particular parts to be knowne The more notable parts of the Earth are these 1 A Continent or maine Land or as some call it firme Land which is not parted by the Sea running betweene 2 An Iland a land compassed about with waters 3 A Peninsula a land almost surrounded by waters saue at one place where it ioynes by anarrow necke of land to the Continent this is also called Chersonesus 4 An Isthmus a streight necke of land which ioynes two countreys together and keepes the Sea from compassing the one 5 A Promontorie or head land running farre out into the Sea like a wedge All easie to bee knowne without any definition 6 A Mountaine 7 A Valley 8 A Champion plain 9 A Wood The more notable parts of the Water are these 1 Mare the Sea or Ocean which is the gathering together of all waters 2. Fretum a streight or narrow sea running betweene two lands 3 Sâ—nuâ— a Creeke Gulfe or Bay when the sea runnes vp into the bosome of the land by a narrow enterance but openeth it broader when it is within if it bee very litell it is called a Hauen Portus 4 Lacus a Lake a little sea with in the land hauing riuers running into it or out of it or both If it hath neither it is calldd Staguum a standing Poole also Palus a senne 5 Fluvius a Riuer which from the pleasantnesse is also called Amnis from the smalnesse of it Rivus CAP. 4. Of the circles of the earth IN a round body as the earth is there can be no distinction of parts places without the helpe of some lines drawen or imagined to be drawen vpon it Now though there are not noâ— can be any circles truly drawen vpon the earth yet because there is a good ground in nature and reason of things for them we must imagine them to be drawen vpon the earth as truly as we see them described vpon a Globe or in a plaine paper Further this must be noted that all circles on the earth haue the like opposite vnto them concâ—aved to be the Heavenes vnder which they are directly scituated Thus knowen the circles that wee are to take the speciall notice of are of two sorts Greater and Lesser The greater circles are those which devide this earthly globe into equall halfes or Haemispheres The lesser are those which devide it into two vnequall parts one bigger another lesse Of the former sort there are foure the 1 Aequator 2 Meridian 3 Horizon 4 Zodiack or Eclipticke 1 The Aequitor or Aequonoctiall liâ—e is a liâ—e draâ—â—â— iust in the midst of the earth from East to West which compasseth it as a girdle doth a mans body and devideth it into two equall parts one 〈◊〉 the North side the other on the South The two points in the earth that are every way faâ—hest distant from it North South are called the Poles of the earth which doe directly stand vnder the two like points in the Heaven so called because the Heaven turnes about vpon them as the Earth doth in a Globe that 's set in a frame This circle is of the first principall note and vse in Geography because all measurings for distances of places and quarters of the Earth are reckoned in it or from it It is called the Aequinoctiall because when the Sunne in the Heavens co 〈…〉 es to be directly over that circle in the earth the daies nights are of equall length in all parts of the world Marriners call it by a kind of excellency The line Vpon the Globe it is easily discerned being drawen bigger then any other circles from East to West and with small divisions 2 The Meridian is a line that is drawen quite crosse the Aequinoctiall and passeth through the Poles of the Earth going directly North and South It is called the Meridian because when the Sunne stands just over that circle it is Meridies i. d. noone day It may be conceaued thus at noone day when it is just twelue a clocke turne your face towards the South and then imagine with your selfe two circles drawen one in the Heavens passing from the North iust over your head through the body of the Sunne downe to the South and so round vnder the earth vp againe to the North Pole Another vpon the surface of the
BRIEFE INTRODVCTION TO GEOGRAPHY CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GROVNDS AND GENERALL PART THEREOF VERY NEcessary for young students in that science WRITTEN BY THAT LEARNED man M r WILLIAM PEMBLE Master of Arts of Magdalen Hall in Oxford AC OX OXFORD Printed by IOHN LICHFIELD Printer to the Famous Vniversity for EDWARD FORREST Ann. Dom. 1630. To the Reader GEntle Reader I here present vnto thy view these few sheets written by that learned man M r William Pemble I doubt not to call him the father the childe fauours him so much It hath long lay bid from thy sight but now at length emboldned vpon thy curteous acceptance of his former labours it lookes abroad into the world It 's but little let not that detract any thing from it there may lie much though pent vp in a narrow roome when thou reades then iudge of it Thus much may bee sayd Though many haue writ of this subiect yet this inferiour to none thou may'st obserue in it an admirable mixture of Art and delight so that for younger Students it may bee their introduction for others a Remembrancer for any not vnworthy the perusall only let it finde kinde entertaynment at thy hands Farewell A BRIEFE INTRODVCTION TO GEOGRAPHIE CHAP. 1. A generall description and division of Geography TOpographie is a particular description of some small quantity of Land such as Land measurers sett out in their plots Chorographie is a particular description of some Country as of England France or any shire or prouince in them as in the Vsuall and ordinary mappe Geography is an art of science teaching vs the generall description of the whole earth of this especially wee are now to speake of and also Chorography as a part vnder it conteyned both excellent parts of knowledge in them selues and affoording much profit and helpe in the vnderstanding of history other things The parts of Geography are two Generall which treateth of the nature qualities measure with other generall properties of the earth Speciall wherein the seuerall countrys and coasts of the earth are deuided and described Of the generall in the first place and more at large then of the other because it is more difficult and hard to bee vnderstood and yet of necessary vse for the vnderstanding of the other This generall tract may bee parted into fiue particular heads 1 of the properties and affections of the earth 2 of the parts of it in generall 3 of the Circles of it 4 of the distinction and diuision of it accordinge to some generall conditions and qualities of it 5 of the measuringe of it These in theire order CAP. 2. Of certaine generall properties of the earth IN Geography when wee name the earth wee meane not the earth taken seuerally by it selfe without the seas and waters But vnder one name both are comprised as they are now mingled one with another and doe both together make vp one entire and round body Neither doe wee diue into the bowels of the earth and ente◠into consideration of the naturall qualities which are in the substance of Earth and water as coldnes drinesse moisture heauines and the like but wee looke only vpon the out side contemplating the greatnesse scituation distances measuringe and other such affections which appeare in the superficies of it to the eyes of our bodies and mindes These then of the earth and water together rules are to bee knowne 1 The earth and the water doe make one globe i. e one round or sphericall body The naturall place of the water is to bee aboue the earth and soe it was in the first creation of it compassing the earth round aboute as appeares Genes 1. 9. But for the vse of 〈◊〉 and all other liuing creatures God made a separation of them caussing the waters to sinke downe into huge hollow channells prepared to receaue it that so the drie land might appeare aboue it Notwithstanding which separation they doe both still remaine together not couering one another as 〈◊〉 first but intermingled one with another and that soe exactly as they now make but one round body whereas at first they made two Here therfore are two poynts to be proued 1. That they are one globe 2. that this one is round 1 They are one globe hauing the same Center or middle pointe and the same surface or conuexe superficies which will appeare by these reasons 1 Common experience Take a lumpe of earth and any quantity of water and let them both fall downe together vpon the earth from some high place wee see that in the descēt they doe not seuer but keepe still together in on streight line which could not bee if the earth and water were two seuerall round bodies hauing seuerall centers As for example suppose them to bee two globes and let a bee the Center of the earth and b the center of the water◠frō c some high place aboue the earth hurle downe earth and water I say the earth will part from the water in going downe and the earth will fall downe vpon d the water vpon e but this is contrary to experience ergo the supposition is false 2 The shadow which in Eclipses is cast vpon the Moone by the earth and the water is but one and not two therefore the body is so likewise This will appeare in the proofe of the next point v. 2. 2 That both earth and water are one round body 〈◊〉 square long hollow or of any other figure This is proued by diuerse reasons 1 By Eclipses when the earth stands iust betweene the Sunne and the Moone then doth the shadow of the earth falling vpon the Moone darken it wholy or in part Now as is the fashion of the shadow such is the figure of the body whence it falls but the shadow of the earth and water cast vpon the Moone is round and also one therefore they are round and also one body 2 By the orderly and successiue appearing of the starres as men trauile from North to South or from South to North by sea or land For as they goe by degrees they discouer ne◠starres which they saw not before and loose the sight of them they did which could not bee if the earth were not round As for example let X. O. R. the inward Circle bee the earth Q. S. P. the outward the Heauen they cannot see the starre S which dwell vpon the earth in X but if they goe Northward vnto O they may see it If they goe farther to R they may see the starre P but then they loose the sight of the starre Q which being at X and O they might haue seene Because as it appeares in the figure the earth riseth vp round betweene R and X 3 By the orderly and successiue rising of the Sunne and starres and settinge of the same Which appeare not at the same time to all countryes but vnto one after another As for example let F. C. B. be the Circle of
certaine working This may be done though it be laborious yet exactly without any sensible error by a skilfull workeman plotting it out vpon his paper with due heed taken that 〈◊〉 often rectifie the variation of the needle by which he travells vpon due observation and that all notable ascents and descents with such winding and turning as the necessity of the way causeth be reduced to one streight line By this means wee shall know how many miles in the Earth answering to a degree in the Heauens if exact observation by large instruments be made to finde the elevation of the pole in the first place where wee begin to measure and the last where wee make an end Besides this way of measuring the circumference of the Earth there is none other that hath any certainty of obseratioÌ„ in it That by Eclipses is most vncertain for a little error in a few minuts of time which the observers shall not possibly avoide breeds a sensible and fowle error in the distance of the two places of observation That of Eratâ—sthenes by the Sunne beames and a shadow of a stile or gnomon set vpon the Earth is as bad as the other For both the vncertainty of the calculation in so small quantity as the shadow and the gnomon must needs haue and the difficulty to obserue the true length of the shadow as also the false supposition wherevpon it proceeds taking those lines for Parllells which are not doe manifestly shew the reckoning hereby made to be doubtfull and not sure 2 The second is by measuring the semidiameter of the Earth For as the circumference makes knowne the diameter so doth this the circumference This may be done by observâ—tion made vpon some great hill hard by the sea side The invention is of Maurolycus Abbot of Messâ—va in Siciliâ— but it hath beene perfitted and more exactly performed by a worthy Mathematician Ed. W. who himselfe made proofe of it By this art was the 〈…〉 idiameter of the Earth â—ound ouâ— to be 1831262â— foote which allowing 5000 foot to a mile is â—662 a halfe miles which doubled is the whole Diameter 7325 miles The circuit of the earth shall be 2â—030 miles and one degree containes 63 61 36 miles which is almost 64 miles Which as it exceeds the ordinary account so may wee rest vpon it as more exact then any other 2 The second point concerninge the measuringe of particular distances of places one from another is thus performed First vpon the Globe it is most easie With a payre of Compasses take the distance betweene any two places howsoever scituated vpon the Globe and apply the distance so taken to the Aequator see how many degrees it takes vp those degrees turned into miles shew the distance of the two citties on from another Vpon vniuersall mapps theire is a little more difficulty in finding the distance of places which here must bee considered in a threefold difference of scituation 1 Of Latitude only 2 Of Longitude only 3 Of Latitude and Longitude together 1 If the two places differ only in Latitude and lie vnder the same Meridian if the places lie both on one side of the Aequator the differences of the latitudes or the summe of both latitudes added together if one place lie North and another South being turned into Miles giues the true distance 2 If the places differ only in Longitude and lie both vnder one parallel of latitude the difference of longitude turned into miles proportionably accordinge to the latitude of the paralell giues the true distance 3 The distance of places differing both in latitude and longitude may thus bee found out first let there bee drawne a semicircle vpon a right diameter noted with A B C D whereof D shall bee the Center The greater this Semi-circle is made so much the more easie will bee the operation because the degrees will bee la 〈…〉 Then this Semicircle being drawne and accordingly devided imagine that by the helpe of it you desire to find out the distance betwixt London and Ierusalem which Citties are knowne to differ both in longitude latitude Now that the true distance betwixt thâ—se two places may be found out you must first substract the lesser longitude out of the greater so shall you find the differences of their longitudes which is 47. degrees Then reckon that difference vpoÌ„ the Semi-circle beginning at A so proceed to B at the end of that difference make a marke with the leter ε vnto which point by your ruler let aright line be drawne from D the center of the Semi circle This being in this sort performed let the lesser latitude be sought out which in 32 degrees in the fore said semicircle beginning your accompt from the point E and so proceede towards B and at the end of the lesser latitude let another point be marked out with the letter G from which point let there be drawen a perpendicular line which may fall with right Angles vpon the former line drawen from D to ε and where it chanceth to fall there marke out a point with the letter H This being performed let the greater latitude which is 51 degrees 32 minuts be sought out in the semicircle beginning to reckon from A towards B and at the end of that latitude set another point signed out by the letter I from whence let there be drawen another perpendicular line that may fall with right angles vpon the diameter AC here marke out a point with the letter K this done take with your compasse the distance betwixt K and H which distance you must set downe vpon the diameter AC placeing the one foot of your compasse vpon K and the other towards the center D and there marke out a point with the letter L then with your compasse take the shorter perpendicular line G H and apply that widenesse vpon the longer perpendicular line I K placing the one foote of your compasse at I which is the bounds of the greater latitude and extend the other towards K and there make a point at M then with your compasse take the distance betwixt L and M and apply the same to the semicircle Placing the one foot of your compasse in A and the other towards B there marke out a point with the letter N now the number of degrees comprehended betwixt A and N will expresse the true distance of the two places which will bee sound to be 39 degrees which being multiplied by 60. and so converted into miles according to the former rules will produce 2340. which is the distance of the said places FINIS 〈◊〉 Navigation â— 229. Of this Hypothesis se◠〈◊〉 errors of navigation That is Geographers looke to the North Astronomers to the South Priests turne them to the East Poets to the West Those thâ—â— dwell vnder the Pole haue not past 3. or 4 moneths profund as â—eneâ—ras darke night for when the Sun is in Libra Pisces being then nigh the Horizon it sends forth to them a glimmering light not vnliâ—e to the twiligâ—â— or dâ—wning of the day in a morning a little before the Suns rising Munsâ—er lib. 1. cap.
earth passing through your feete just vnder the Sunne and so compassing the earth round till it meete at your feete againe and these are Meridians answering one to another Now the Meridian is not one only as was the Aequinoctiall but many still varying according to the place wherein you are as for example At London there is one Meridian at Oxford another at Bristow another so along Eastward or Westward For it is noone at London sooner then at Oxford and at Oxford sooner then at Bristow Vpon the globe there are many drawen all which passe through the poles and goe North and South but there is one more remarkeable then the rest drawen broad with small divisions which runneth through the Canary Ilands or through the Ilands of Azores Westward of Spaine which is counted the first Meridian in regard of reckoning and measuring of distances of places Oâ—â— from another for otherwise there is neither first nor last in the round earth But some place must bee appointed where to beginne the account and those Ilands haue beene thought fittest because no part of the World that lay westward was knowne to the Ancients further then that and as they began to reckon there we follow them This circle is called in greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3 The Horizon is twofold Sensible or appearing Intelligible or true The Sensible or appearing Horizon is the space of the earth so farre as in an opeâ— plaine or vpon some Hill a man may see round about him The brim or edge of the earth further then which you cannot see that is the Horizon or as some call it the Finitor Because finet or terminat visum it setts the limits or bounds to your sight beyond which nothing can bee seene vpon the earth This is greater or lesser according as the height of the eye aboue the plaine superficies of the earth is more or lesse The most exact triall hereof is at Sea where there are no mountaines nor any vnequall risings of the water to hinder the sight as there are at land For example let î‡ B A F be the superficies of the Sea and let a mans eye bee placed in X aboue the Sea as the eye stands higher or lower so will the distance seene be more or lesse as if the hight of X A be 6 foot which is ordinary the height of a man the eye looking from X to B shall see 2 miles and 3 quarters if X be 20 foote high B A will bee fiue miles if 40 foote 7 miles if 50 foote 8 miles So that from the mast of a ship 50 foote high a man may see round about at sea 8 miles every way toward B G and F So farre may the water it selfe be seene but any high thing on the water may be seene farther 16 or 20 miles according as the height is as the ship at C may be seene from X as far more as it is from A to B There can be therefore no certaine quantity and space set downe for this sensible Horizon which continually varies according to the height of the eye aboue the plaine ground or sea This Horrizon is not at all painted on the globe nor can be The intelligible or true Horizon is a line which girts the earth round in the midst and divides it into two equall parts or Hemispheares the vppermost vpon the the top middle point Whereof wee dwell and that which is vnder vs. Opposite to this in the Heavens is another Horizon which likewise cuts the Heaven into two Hemispheres the vpper and the lower Aboue which circle when any starre or the Sunne is moued it then riseth vnto vs and setteth vnto those that dwell opposite vnto vs and so on the contrary you may conceiue it best thus if standing vpon a hill or some open place where you may perfectly see the setting of the Sunne you marke when the Sun is halfe gone out of your sight you may perceiue the body of the Sâ—nne cut in two as it were by a line going along through it the halfe aboue is yet seene that vnderneath is gone out of your sight This line is but a pâ—ece of the Horrizon which if you conceiue to be drawen vpward about the World from the West to the North and so by East and South to West againe you haue the whole Horrizon described This circle is not drawen vpon the body of the globe because it is variable but stands one the outside of it beeing a broad circle of wood couered with paper on which are sett the moneths and days of the yeare both in the old and new Calender and also the 12 signes and the points of the compasse All which are easily discerned by the beholdinge The vse of this Horizon is not so much in Geographie as in Astronomie The Zodiake is a circle which compasseth the earth like a â—â—lt crossing the â—quator slopewise noâ— streight as the Meridians doe Opposite to it in the Heauens is another circle of the same name wherein are the 12. signes and in which the Sunne keepes his owne proper course all the yeare long neuer dâ—â—lining from â—t on the one side or other The vse hereof in Geography is but litle only to shew what people they are ouer whose heads the Sunne comes to bee once or twice a yeare who are all those that dwell with in 23. degrees of the Aequator for so much is the declination or sloping of the Zodiacke This circle is also called the Eclipticke line because when the Sunne and Moone stand both in this circle opposite each to other then there happens an Eclipse of the Sunne or Mone vpon a globe it is easily discerned by the sloping of it from the Aequator and the diuisions of it into 12. parts and euery of those 12. into 30. degrees These are the greater circles the lesser follow which are all of one nature and are called by one generall name sc. Parallels because they are so drawen on each side of the Aequator as they are â—quidistant vnto it euery way Many of this kinde are drawne vpon the globe as is easie to â—eâ— seene and may bee conceaued to bee drawne vpon the earth but there are only two sorts cheifely to bee marked namely the Tropickes and the Polar circles The tropickes are two parallel circles distant on each side of the Aequator 23. degrees shewing the farthest bounds of the Sunns declination North or South from the Aequator or the midest of heauen And therefore they are called tropickes a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ertendo because when the Sunne comes ouer these lines hee either turnes away from vs as in the Summer or turnes toward vs againe as in the winter There are then two of them vid. 1 The Tropicke of Cancer which lies on the North side of the Aequator to which when the Sunne comes it makes the longest day in Summer 2 The Tropicke of Capricorne lying Southward of the Aequator to which when the
Sunne comes it makes the shortest day in winter The Polar circles are two parallels drawne by the poles of the Zodiacke compassinge about the poles of the world being distant from them euery way 23 degrees These are two 1 The Articke Circle that compasseth about the North Pole it is so called because that in the Heauens where vnto this in the earth lies opposite runs through the constellation of the great Beare which in greeke is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 The Antarticke circle that compasseth about the South Pole is placed opposite vnto the former All these with the former are easily known vpoÌ„ the Globe by these descriptioÌ„s names vsually added vnto theÌ„ But because maps are of an esier price more coÌ„mon vse then Globes it will be needfull to shew how all these circles which are drawne most naturally vpon a round Globe may also as truly and profitably for knowledge and vse be described vpon a plaine paper Whereby we shall vnderstand the reason of those lines which we see in the vsuall Mapps of the world both how they are drawne and wherefore they serue Vnderstand therefore that in laying downe the globe vpon a plaine paper you must imagine the globe to be cut in two halfes through the midst and so to be pressed downe flat to the paper as if you should take a hollow dish and with your hand sâ—uiâ—ze the bottom down till it lie â—lat vpon a bord or any other plaine thing for then will those circles that before were of equall distance runne closer together towards the â—iâ—st After this conceit vniversall Maps are made of two fashions according as the globe may be devided two waies either cutting quite through by the meridian from North to South as if you should cut an apple by the eye and the stalke or cutting it through the Aequinoctiall East and West as one would divide an apple through the midst betweene the eye the stalke The former makes two faces or hemispheares the East and the West hemispheare â—he latter makes likewise two Hemisphâ—ares the North and the South Both suppositions are good and besitting the nature of the globe for is touching such vniversall maps wherein the world is repreâ—â—nted not in two round faces but all in one square plot the ground wherevpon such descriptions are founded â—s l 〈…〉 naturall and agreeable to the globe for it supposeth the 〈◊〉 to be like a Cylinder or role of bowling allies which imagination vnlesse it be well qualified is vtterly false and makes all such mappes faulty in the scituation of places Wherefore omitting this we will shew the description of the two former only both which are easie to be done CAP. 5. Of divers Distinctions and Divisions of the earth NExt after the Circles of the Earth wee may not vnfitly handle the seuerall Divisions and distinctions which geographers make of the parts and inhabitants of the earth These are many but wee will briefely runne them ouer 1 The first and most plaine is by the Coasts of the Heauens and rising and Setting of the Sunne so it is distinguished into the East where the Sunne ariseth Oreins Ortus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 West where the Sunne goeth downe occidens North betweene both fromwards the Sunne at Noone Septentrio South betweene both towards the Sun at Noone Meridies These foure are called the cheife or Cardinall quarters of the world They with the others betweene them are easily knowne but are of more vse to Mariners then to vs Wee may rather take notice of those other names which by Astrono mers Geographers Divines and Poets are giuen vnto them Who somtime call the East the right hand part of the world sometime the West sometime the. North sometime South the diuersity is noted in these verses Ad Boream terrae Sed Coeli mensor ad Austrum Praco Dei exortum videt occasumque Poeta This serues for vnderstanding of Authors where in any mention is made of the right or left part of the World if for example â—e be a poet he means the South by the right hand the North by the left because a poet turnes his face to the West and so reckons the quarters of Heauen and Earth 2 The second distinction is by the notable differences of heat and cold that are observed on the earth this is the the division of the Earth by Zones or Cirdles which are parts of the Earth wherin heat and cold doe remarkably increase or decrease Those Zones are 5. 1 The hot or burning Zone Zona torrida which containes all that space of earth that lieth betweene the two Torpicks supposed heretofore but falsly as after experience hath shewed to be inhabitable by reason of heat the Sunne continually lying ouer some part of it 2. 3 The temperate Zones wherein neither heat nor cold is extreame but moderate these are two one on the North side of the Aequator betweene the Articke circle and the Torpicke of Cancer another on the South side betweene the Torpicke of Capricorne and the Antarcticke circle 4. 5 The cold or Frozen Zones wherein cold for the most part is greater then the heat these likewise are two one in the North betweene the Arcticke circle and the North Pole another on the South betweene the Antarctick circle and the South Pole These of all parts of the earth are worst inhabited according as extremity of cold is alwaies a greater enemy to mans body then extremity of heat 3 The third distinction is by the shadowes which bodies doe cast vpon the earth iust at nooneday for these doe not alwaies fall one way but diuersly according to their divers scituation vpon the Earth Now in respect of the shadowes of mens bodies the inhabitants of the earth are divided into the 1 Amphiscij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose shadow at noone day fall both waies sc. to the North when the Sunne is Southward of them to the South when the Sunne is Northward and such are those people that doe dwell in the hot Zone For the Sunne goes ouer their heads twice a yeare once Northward another time Southward when the Sunne is just ouer their heads they are called Ascij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without shadow 2 Heteroscij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose shadowes doe alwaies fall one way namely alwaies towards the North as those that dwell in the Northerne temperate Zone or alwaies to the South as those that dwell in the Southerne temperate Zone 3 Periscij 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whose shadowes goe round about them as those people who dwell in the two cold Zones for as the Sunne never goes downe to them after he is once vp but alwaies round about so doe their shadowes 4 The fourth distinction is by the scituation of the Inhabitants of the Earth compared on with another who are called either 1 Perioeci 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 such as dwell round about the Earth in one and the same paralell as
for example vnder the Tropicke of Cancer 2 Antoeci 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 such as dwell opposite to the former in another Paralell of the same distance from the Aequator As those vnder the Tropicke of Capricorne 3 Antipodes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who dwell â—ust vnder vs theire feete opposite to ours 5 The fifth distinction is of the Length and Breadth of the Earth and places vpon it these may bee considered two wayes 1 Absolutely and so the Longitude or Length of the Earth is its Circuit and Extension from East to west Latitude or breadth of it is the whole Circuit and Compasse of it from North to South 2 Comparatiuely comparinge one places scituation with another and so the Longitud of a place is the distance of it from the first Meridian going through the Canary Ilands Eastward Whereby wee know how farre one place lies East or West from another Latitude of a place is the distance of it from the Aequator towards the North or South Whereby wee know how farre one Place lies Northward or Southward of another The Longitude must be reckoned by the degrees of the Aequator the Latitude by the degrees of the Meridian For example in these two Haemisphaeres the longitude of the whole earth is from C to A and B in the Aequator The latitud is from N to S and from Q to P the North and South poles and this reckoned in any meridian The first meridian is A N B S which goes by the Canary Ilands the Aequinoctiall is A B C A Now I haue a Citty giuen sc. D I would know in what longitude and latitude it is For the longitude I consider what meridian passeth through it which is the meridian N D S which crosseth the Aequinoctiall in I at 15 degrees wherefore I say that D stands Eastward from the first Meridian 15 degrees So I finde that the Citty ε is 150 degrees Eastward G 195 and F 345. For the Latitude I consider what paralell runnes through D E G or F and I finde the 30 to passe by D 45 by E the 15 by F the 45 Southward by G and those numbers are the latitude of the place that are distant from the Aequator C A B 6 The sixth Distinction is by the Length or shortnesse of the Day in Summer time in seuerall Quarters of the earth And this diuision is by Climates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which are seuerall spaces of the earth contained betweene two Paralells in the which the longest day in Summer excâ—edes that in another Paralell by halfe an Houre There is a greate deale of Confusion and difference betweene the late and and ancient Geographers about the distinction and diuers reckonings of the Climats It is not worth the labour to recount theire opinions and Calculations thus much is plaine and easie to bee knowne There are 24. Climats in which the Day encreaseth by halfe houres from 12. houres to 24. There are likewise 6. Climats in which the day encreaseth by moneths from one moneth to sixe that is halfe a yeare Vnder the Aequator the day is alwayes twelue houres longe but as you goe from it towards the Pole the Day lengthenâ— still till it comes to a day halfe a yeare long Now in what degrees of latitude euery on of these Climats beginne and end shall appeare by this table following 7 The seaventh and lost distinction of the earth is taken from the scituation of it in respect of the Heavens and especially the Sunnes motion In regard whereof Some parts or inhabitants of the Earth are said to be or dwell in a Right Spheare some in a paralell Spheare and others in an oblique or crooked Spheare They dwell in Sphaerarecta in a right or streight Spheare who dwell iust vnder the Aequinoctiall whose Horizon is paralell to the Meridians but cutts the Aequator at right Angles They dwell in paralell Spheares who dwell iust vnder either of the Poles whose Horizon is parallell to the Aequator but cuts all the Meridians at right Angles and the latter is sometime called a Paralell Spheare They dwell in Sphaera obliqua in a crooked Spheare who inhabite any place betweene the Aequinoctiall and the Pole whose Horizon cuts the Aequator the Paralells and the Meridians at oblique or vnequall angles 1 The vse of this table is easie In the first Columne are contained the names and number of the Climats In the second the Paralells which enclose it on each side and deuide it in the middest For the paralells here are drawne by eueryhalfe houres encrease The third Columne is the length of the Day in Summer in euery Climate which from 12. houres encreaseth by halfe houres to 24. houres after by moneths from one moneth to sixe The fourth containes the degrees of latitude how farre euery climate lies from the Aequinoctiall The fist contaynes the space or breadth of euery Climate how many degrees or minutes it takes vp vpon the Earth The sixt containes soâ—e notable places by which the Climats passe 2 Hereby it is easie to know what the longest Day is in any Place of the worlde whose latitude is knowne Or contrarily the longest Day being knowne to know the latitude For example Oxford hath latitude 52. 0. degrees longitude 24. 0. In the table I finde that 52. degrees of Latitude lie in the 9 th Climate wherein the day is 16. houres and a halfe longe so much I say the Day is at Oxford in Summer The place of Oxford in the Haemisphaere is at U. 3 Vpon Globes the Climats are not vsually described but are noted out vpon the brazen Meridian So also in vniversall mappes they are seldome drawne to avoide confusion of many lines together but they are many times marked out on the limbe or edge of the mappe CAP. 6. Of the measuring of the earth VVEE are now come to the last point concerning the measuring the Earth which is two fold either of the Wâ—â—â—e earth 2 Severall parts thereof and their distance one from another Concerning the first it is but a needlesse labour to recount the diversity of opinions that haue beene held from time to time by learned Geographers What is the compasse and depth of the earth This may be seene in â—ues de vsu Globe part 3. cap. 2. and in Claviâ—s on Sacrobosco with others They all differ so much one from another that there is no certainty in trusting any of them The most common and received opinion is that the circuit of the earth is 21600 miles reckoning 〈◊〉 miles for every degree and then the depth or Diameter of the Earth shall be 6877 English miles containing 5000 foote in a mile Thâ— means wherby the circuit and Diameter of the earth are found out are Principally two 1 By measuring North or South â—nder one Meridian some good quantity of ground threescore or an hundâ—â—d miles or two for the more certainty for in those petty observations of small distances there can be no