"Almighty Lord be my witness! The Earth beneath our feet is a perfect sphere. Through calculations by myself and the great scholar Toscanelli, the circumference of the Earth should be 12,000-13,000 kilometers. The length of the Eurasian continent is approximately 8,000 kilometers… Therefore, the new route from the westernmost side of Europe sailing towards the easternmost side of Asia is only 4,000-5,000 kilometers!"
"Merciful Lord protect us! The landmass of Eurasia and Africa is the only land created by the Lord. Between these lands lie countless scattered islands… As long as one sets out from the westernmost Canary Islands of the Kingdom of Castile, passing the Antillia Island mentioned by Aristotle, you can sail up to 3,000 kilometers across to reach the mythological Saint Brendan's Island, and then arrive at the easternmost of Eurasia, which Marco Polo referred to as Cipangu (Japan)!"
