...one river only twenty-five or thirty leagues distant, which had to be crossed to reach the island. But, even though there might be still greater doubt...that since He is able to create them He may have done so."3 If the stories recounted by Father Escobar caused astonishment and interest that was probably...

...all such that "for any one who will consider the wonders which God constantly does perform in this world, it will be easy to believe that since he is able to create these he may have done so." Then there were geographical notions, the offspring of a desire to get...