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40 the fourth is 39 degrees. And it is:
The eleventh parallel: differing from the equinoctial by 2 hours, 45 minutes, having a day 41 longer by 14 hours, 45 minutes.
The middle of the fifth climate is at 41 42 degrees, 20 minutes. And it is:
The twelfth parallel, through the Hellespont: differing from the equinoctial 43 by 3 hours, 30 minutes, having a day longer by 15 hours, 0 minutes. A degree contains 43 miles, 47.
The beginning of the sixth climate; and the end of 44 the fifth is at 43 degrees, 30 minutes. And it is:
The thirteenth parallel, through Byzantium: differing from the equinoctial 45 by 3 hours, having a day longer by 15 hours, 15 minutes.
The middle of the sixth climate is at 45 degrees, 24 minutes. 46 And it is:
The fourteenth parallel, through the Pontus: differing from the equinoctial by 3 hours, 47 30 minutes, having a day longer by 15 hours, 30 minutes.
The beginning of the seventh climate; and the end of 48 the sixth is at 47 degrees, 15 minutes. And it is:
The fifteenth parallel, through the Borysthenes: differing from the equinoctial 49 by 4 hours, having a day longer by 16 hours.
The middle of the seventh climate is at 50 48 degrees, 40 minutes.
degree of the pole
The middle of the eighth climate is at 50 51 degrees, 40 minutes.
52 The sixteenth parallel, differing
from the equinoctial by 4 hours, having a day
longer by 16 hours, 30 minutes. A degree contains 53 42 and a half miles.
54
The middle of the ninth climate is at 54 55 degrees, 1 minute. And it is:
The seventeenth parallel: differing
from the equinoctial by 5 hours, having 56
a day longer by 17 hours.
57 The eighteenth parallel: differing
from the equinoctial by 5 hours, 30 minutes,
having a day longer by 17 58
hours and a half.
59 The nineteenth parallel: differing
from the equinoctial by 6 hours, having a day
longer by 18 hours. A degree contains 61 32 and a half miles.
62 The twentieth parallel: differing from
the equinoctial by 7 hours, having a day
longer by 19 hours.
63 The twenty-first parallel, through
the island of Thyle: differing from the equi
noctial by 8 hours, having a day
longer by 20 hours.
And thus, by this table, you can easily know
the position of towns in a climate.
degree of the poles