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Zipangu è una isola in levante, ch’è ne l’alto mare 1.500 miglia.
Japan is an island in the East, 1,500 miles away at sea.
1556, Francisco López de Gómara, “Cap. ⅩⅧ. Perche si chiamorno Indie”, in Augustino de Cravaliz, transl., La historia generale delle Indie occidentali, translation of Historia general de las Indias (in Spanish), page 18:
quelli che hanno per grande Cosmographo Columbo credono che le chiamo Indie per l'India Orientale, credendo che quando discoperse Indie andava cercando la Isola Cipango
Those regard Columbus as a great cosmographer believe he called it India because of Eastern India, believing that—when he discovered India—he was searching for the isle of Japan
