_ 83 _ (25) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1577 An Indian summary by Pope Alessandro Valinano, a visitor, Malacca, issued on the 22nd of November - the 8th of December 1577, where Ormuz is located at 27 degrees north of the Equator:(25) This Province becomes larger each time our people travel around it taking account of all the places, but in former times it was even larger, at the time when our people were in Mozambique at one extreme, and in Ormuz on the other, for the distance between them was estimated at more than 900 leagues.(A) Mozambique lies in the Tropic of Capricorn at 15 degrees south(B) of the equator, and more than 400 leagues(C) from Ormuz, which is 27 (A) According to the usual calculation. (B) Correct, but the tropical meridian is near Inhambane. (C) Or more than 2200 kilometres.
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