He had bought a
large map representing the sea,
Without the least
vestige of land:
And the crew were much
pleased when they found it to be
A map they could
all understand.
“What’s the good
of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
Tropics, Zones,
and Meridian Lines?”
So the Bellman
would cry: and the crew would reply
“They are merely
conventional signs!
“Other maps are
such shapes, with their islands and capes!
But we’ve got our
brave Captain to thank:
(So the crew would
protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
A perfect and
absolute blank!”
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