-‘mojeds ßo every Year a Fishing upon the said Sweet Sea and that on NovaXpmbla t side.

i. I formerly thought N ova Xpmbla had been a Continent: But I have st - l ?P +9Vsince been better Informed, and Retracted that Error.' And whercas thelate M. Vo/Jius would needs persivade himself, as well as he did others to theirRuine, that there was a Passage to Jafan by the North, and that the Ta>-tarian Countries behind Nova Zpmbla did immediately decline towards theSouth; I did always oppofe it, and think I can cven Demonstrate the Im-possibility thereof. So that what he wrote to cncourage Mariners to that at-tempt, was even directing them to the point of Death, as it asterwards enl'ued.

XXXIV. What is noted with a Single Line is exactly Copicd from the a. «/Mas , which M. Sanfin, orte of the most Illustrious Geographen of this Age,prdented^p the Dauphin An. 1679. The Names of Cities, whofe Situation Dela Hirc.is also taketz from this Map, are written in Italian Charactcrs ; the Cor- "■ 226 -rection of the Polition of Coasts (which is deduced from the Oblervations ¥>s ' 2 °'"which were tnade to that End) is marked with a Stroke a little Shadow'dtowards the Sea, as is Commonly done; and the Names of Cities, whoseSituation is Corrected, are set down in Roman Characters.

The Degrees of Latitude are marked on both sides of the Border, andthe Degrees of Longitude in the lame Border above and below ; but the Di-vision of theni begins at the Alcridian that passes through the Observatory arParis, by going to Ea/i and li est, and not at the Meridian of the Iilc ofFer, as bath been Establilhed, because we do not exactly know the Situa-tion of this Island in relpect of the Observatory.

XXXV. 1. What Arithmetick, in wliole Number and Fractions,' as also U'hut 4 c»m-in Decimals and Logarithms, is necessary for the sime? And what Booksf ,f-)t Tnanseäre best for Teaching so muth thereof? z. What Vulgär Präctical Mecha-rtical Geometry performable by the Scale and Compats is sufficient? 3. What Sir w. Pct-’ Trigonometry , Right Lined and Spherica), will soffice? 4. How many Stars^’ I,9 ‘are to be known? 5. What Instruments are best for Use at Sea, with the f ‘ 57 'Construction of them, and the mannet of using them ? 6. The whole Skillof the Magnet as to the Directi ve Vertues thereof, and all the Accidents thatmay befall it? 7. The Hydrography öf the Globe of the Earth, the Pcrspeciivcof the Coasts , and the Defcription of the under-watcr-bottom of the Sea.

8. The knowledge of Winds and Meteors , so für as the lame is attainable.

9. The History artd Skill of allsorts of Fi/kings. 10. The Art of Medicineand Chyrurgerp^cuXhxly for the Sea. 1 u The Common Laws of the Admiralty,and Jurifditiion of the Sea- I z. The fever.il Vicluallings and Cloathings fitfor Seamen. 13. The whole Science of Ebbing and Floning , as also of Cur-rents and Eddyes at Sea. 14. Dromometry, and the Measiires of a Ships Alo-tions at Sea. X y. The Building of Ships of all sorts, with the feveral Riggingand Sails for each Species, and the use of all the Parts and Motions of aShip. 16. Navat Oeconomy according to leveral Voyages and Countries.

17. The Art of Corning, Roveing, and Sailing , of all the feveral sorts of Ves

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