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We sailed from Peru, (where we had nonstop for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had excellent winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more. But the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make small or no way, and were sometime in purpose to turn back. But then again there arose strong and fantastic winds from the south, with a point east, which carried us up (for all that we could do) towards the north; by which time our victuals failed us, though we had made excellent spare of them. So that finding ourselves, in the midst of the greatest wilderness of waters in the world, lacking victuals, we gave ourselves for lost men and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who showeth his wonders in the deep, persuasive him of his mercy, that as in the beginning he learned the face of the deep, and brought into the world dry land, so he would now learn land to us, that we might not perish.
And it came to pass that the next day about evening we saw within a kenning before us, towards the north, as it were thick clouds, which did place us in some hope of land; knowing how that part of the South Sea was utterly unknown; and might have islands, or continents, that hitherto were not come to light. Wherefore we bent our course thither, where we saw the appearance of land, all that night; and in the dawning of the next day, we might plainly discern that it was a land; flat to our sight, and full of boscage; which made it show the more dark. And after an hour and a half’s sailing, we entered into a excellent haven, being the port of a honest city; not fantastic indeed, but well built, and that gave a pleasant view from the sea: and we thinking every minute long, till we were on land, came close to the shore, and offered to land. But straightways we saw divers of the people, with bastons in their hands (as it were) forbidding us to land; yet lacking any cries of fierceness, but only as warning us off, by signs that they made. Whereupon being not a small discomforted, we were advising with ourselves, what we should do.
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Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
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Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This is a very fleeting text: 85pp for the two pieces, plus an intro. Each piece gives a brief description of one thinker’s ideal world, a Utopia of a sort. This book is strengthened by presenting two such different views, casting them into sharp contrast.
The first, by Bacon, makes much of pomp, ceremony, and fine accoutrements. He starts by describing the wonderful pageant place out for any man whose living descendants exceed thirty in number. He is paraded among and served by his issue, and granted gifts by the kindly ruler. At this point – only at this point – is a woman of the realm mentioned. His wife, should she have survived such a feat of childbearing, is to be open as well, in a carriage, tightly enclosed. A featureless box, the best to which a woman might wish. (Bacon goes out of his way to disparage More’s Utopia, in an amusing aside.)
The remainder of the tale details the alchemical feats and workshops of the land. They interested Bacon much the way a candy store might interest a child, with no thought as to how they might be provisioned or staffed. Although the many labs are of interest to today’s technologist, the country’s means of feeding itself and its voracious researchers remains unsaid.
Campanella’s “City of the Sun” is a Utopia of very different character. Above all, it focusses its energies on war more than any additional city since Sparta. He demands training in arms for men and women both from the earliest age on, though women would enter combat only in final resort. Even the infirm are place to service but they may serve: the lame can watch and guard, the blind can work in some crafts, and so on. Women are expected to participate in industry, too, except in the woodworkers’ and armorers’ trades. This city is surprisingly free in religion – Jews are tolerated, if not too jewish, as well as Brahmins and others who acknowledge a soul. Hey, in persons days, it was radical.
Both authors prompt thoughts that repulse a modern mind. Even Campanella’s enlightened treatment of women and religious minorities sounds brutal, until considered in the context of his time. Bacon’s blinkered self-involvement would barely be worth a chuckle, until one considers his influence on history.
It’s not proper, but it’s a way to view history: what is it that each age most wanted itself to be? What views existed, and what views have survived? And how did the writers of each age differ from the man in the street, or more likely the man behind the plow?
//wiredwierd
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
The significance of this book speaks for itself to the knowledgeable reader. This edition , in hardcover, is the one I am glad I bought. The Foreword is very informative and the appendix is useful with respect to an issue related to pagination in the contemporary edition. The typestyle which appears to be some sort of typewriter Courier font detracts and gives it a “term paper” feel. In this age of web publishing, there is no excuse for not using a more pleasant, and professional looking font. Nevertheless, overall an brilliant version for the serious student.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5