A Briefe Introduction to Geography by William Pemble
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them, & to the South when the Sunne is Northward, and such are
those people that doe dwell in the hot Zone. For the Sunne goes ouer their heads twice a yeare, once Northward, another time Southward, when the Sunne is just ouer their heads they are called _Asoy_, [Greek: aschioi], without shadow. 2 _Heteroscy_ ([Greek: heteroschioi]) whose shadowes doe alwaies fall one way, namely alwaies towards the North, as those that dwell in the Northerne temperate Zone, or alwaies to the South, as those that dwell in the Southerne temperate Zone. 3 _Periscy_ ([Greek: perischioi]) whose shadowes goe round about them, as those people who dwell in the two cold Zones, for as the Sunne never goes downe to them after he is once vp, but alwaies round about, so doe their shadowes. 4 The fourth distinction is by the scituation of the Inhabitants of the Earth, compared on with another: who are called either. 1 Perioeci ([Greek: perioichoi]) such as dwell round about the Earth in one and the same paralell, as for example vnder the Tropicke of Cancer. 2 Antoeci ([Greek: antoichoi]) such as dwell opposite to the former in another Paralell of the same distance from the Æquator. As those vnder the Tropicke of Capricorne. 3 Antipodes ([Greek: antipodes]) who dwell iust vnder vs theire feete opposite to ours. |
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