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Through Alexandria
"Dia Alexandrias, from Alexandria, a famous city in Africa, the most important city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great." (Cosmographiae introductio, chap. VII - Hessler 2008)

"…the climates that lie to the south of the equator … have corresponding names. These have been explored and may be called Antidia Meroes from the Greek anti, which means opposite or against." (Cosmographiae introductio, chap. VII - Hessler 2008)