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Dear all:
What is the exact meaning of the following passage? It is from Willem Floor, German Sources on Safavid Persia, p. 400. Of course, the text was originally written in German nearly 300 years ago. The whole words in bold are problematic. The underlined words are seemingly Latin.
However, the parallel goes right through the center of Persia at 33 Elev. Poli Borealis, and calculated down to one degree becomes 50 aequatoris, thus, the length of Persia comes down to 337.5 miles. Therefore, neither width nor length are by far not so big as some geographers have held out.
Thanks very much.
What is the exact meaning of the following passage? It is from Willem Floor, German Sources on Safavid Persia, p. 400. Of course, the text was originally written in German nearly 300 years ago. The whole words in bold are problematic. The underlined words are seemingly Latin.
However, the parallel goes right through the center of Persia at 33 Elev. Poli Borealis, and calculated down to one degree becomes 50 aequatoris, thus, the length of Persia comes down to 337.5 miles. Therefore, neither width nor length are by far not so big as some geographers have held out.
Thanks very much.