"It's pretty nearly certain, sir. Here's what he says, written, you see, round the head of that sort of sea-dragon:
"Hic in capite draconis ardet perpetuo Sol.
Here the sun shines perpetually upon the Dragon's Head.
THE DRAGON'S HEAD
Liber V.
1099
DE NOVIS INSVLIS,
quomodo, quando, & per quem
illæ inuentæ sint.
Christophorus Columbus natione Genuensis, cùm diu in aula regis Hispanorum deuersarus fuisset, animum induxit, ut hactenus inacceslias orbis partes peragraret. Pet à rege, utuoto suo non deesset, futurum sibi & toti Hisp