And so it goes on, further and further back.

所以就这样永远，再。

Would he head up to the shores of Asia? Would he pull nearer to the beaches of Europe?

他又回到亚洲侮岸去吗？他要走近欧洲海岸吗？

A historic, aquatic jewel that researchers say probably dates back to the late 500's A.D.

它是一颗历史悠久的水明珠，专家称威尼斯的历史可以到公元500。

Look here, I went on, as yet there's no cause for despair. We're going up the coast of Portugal.

瞧着吧，我又说，事情并不是完全没有希望。我们现在沿葡萄牙海岸。

It’s a tradition that goes back at least 100 years.

【go】这个传统至少可到 100 前。

After touching the Tropic of Capricorn at longitude 135 degrees, it headed west-northwest, going back up the whole intertropical zone.

诺第留斯号的航路显然是改变方向。 在西经135度接触到南回归线的时候，船又南北两回归线间的海水，向西北偏西驶去。

That same year the American Morrel, whose reports are dubious, went along the 42nd meridian, finding open sea at latitude 70 degrees 14'.

同，美国人莫列尔，他的记述不可靠，从西经42度，在纬度70度14分发现自由流动的海。

It was formed by the long curve of little Mannar Island. To reach it we had to go all the way up Ceylon's west coast.

这海湾由马纳尔小岛的延长海岸线所形成。要到这湾，必须锡兰岛整个西部海岸。

Going up Ceylon's west coast during the night, the Nautilus lay west of the bay, or rather that gulf formed by the mainland and Mannar Island.

在夜间锡兰岛西部海岸，现在到这海口的西边，或不如说，到马纳尔岛陆地形成的这个海湾的西边。