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fore mentioned, is unindented, and, as I have stated, resembles a chlamys in its form; any slight differences being of course overlooked, as in large matters what is insignificant passes for nothing. Since in geographical descriptions we not only aim at portraying the configuration and extent of various places, but also their common boundaries, we will remark here, as we have done before, that the coasts of the Internal Sea note present a greater variety in their appearance than those of the Exterior [Ocean]; the former is also much better known, its climate is more temperate, and more civilized cities and nations are here than there. We are also anxious to be informed where the form of government, the arts, and whatever else ministers to intelligence, produce the greatest results. Interest will always lead us to where the relations of commerce and society are most easily established, and these are advantages to be found where government is administered, or rather where it is well administered. In each of these particulars, as before remarked, Our Sea note possesses great advantages, and here therefore we will begin our description. 19
This gulf, note as before stated, commences at the Strait
of the Pillars; this at its narrowest part is said to be 70 stadia.
Having sailed down a distance of 120 stadia, the shores widen
considerably, especially to the left, and you behold a vast sea,
bounded on the right by the shore of Libya as far as Carthage,
and on the opposite side by those of Iberia and Keltica as far
as Narbonne and Marseilles, thence by the Ligurian, note and
finally by the Italian coast to the Strait of Sicily. The
eastern side of this sea is formed by Sicily and the straits on
either side of it. That next Italy being 7 stadia [in breadth],
and that next Carthage
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