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Varnhagen supposes this land to be South Georgia, in 54° S., discovered by Captain Cook in 1776. Navarrete suggested Tristan d'Acunha.
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Goes mentions an expedition to Brazil commanded by Gonzalo Coelho, which sailed from Lisbon on June 10th, 1503, and consisted of six ships. But Coelho returned safely with four out of his six ships, while Vespucci asserts that the commander perished, in the expedition in which he served.
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Latin edition: "To the most illustrious René, King of Jerusalem and Sicily, Duke of Lorraine and Bar."
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Supposed to be Pietro Soderini, Gonfaloniere of the Republic of Florence in 1504, who had studied with Vespucci. See Bandini, p. xxv.
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Fernando is never called King of Castille in any document of the period.
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The Latin version has 20th.
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Inferno, Canto 26, l. 116:
"Non vogliate negar l' esperienza
Diretro al Sol, del mondo senza gente."
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The third climate of Hipparchus was between the parallels of Syene and Alexandria.