Kitap 2
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Of the many promontories formed by Europe, a better description is given by Polybius than by Eratosthenes; but even his is not sufficient. Eratosthenes only names three; one at the Pillars of Hercules, where Iberia is situated; a second at the Strait of Sicily, and containing Italy; the third terminated by the Cape of Malea,Cape Malio, in the Morea. See also Humboldt’s Cosmos ii. 482. comprising all the countries situated between the Adriatic, the Euxine, and the Don. The two former of these Polybius describes in the same manner as Eratosthenes, but the third, which is equally terminated by the Cape of MaleaCape Malio. Gosselin is of opinion that some omission has occurred in this passage, and proposes to substitute the following:The two former of these Polybius describes in the same manner as Eratosthenes, but he subdivides the third. He comprehends within Cape Malea all the Peloponnesus; within Cape Sunium the whole of Greece, Illyria, and a part of Thrace. and Cape Sunium,Cape Colonna. [he makes to] comprehend the whole of Greece, Illyria, and some portion of Thrace. [He supposes] a fourth, containing the Thracian Chersonesus and the countries contiguous to the Strait,The Strait of the Dardanelles. betwixt Sestos and Abydos. This is occupied by the Thracians. Also a fifth, about the Kimmerian Bosphorus and the mouth of the Maeotis. Let us allow [to Polybius] his two former [promontories], they are clearly distinguished by unmistakeable bays; the first by the bay between CalpéThe Rock of Gibraltar. and the Sacred PromontoryCape St. Vincent. where GadesCadiz. is situated, as also by the sea between the Pillars and Sicily; the secondThe Italian Promontory. by the latter sea and the Adriatic,The Gulf of Venice. although it may be objected that the extremity of Iapygia,Capo di Leuca. being a promontory in itself, causes Italy to have a double cape. But as for the remaining [promontories of Polybius], they are plainly much more irregular, and composed of many parts, and require some other division. So likewise his plan of dividing [Europe] into six parts, similar to that of the promontories, is liable to objection.
