"Oceanus Indicus, Mare Australe": J. G. Th. Graesse, Orbis Latinus (Dresdae: Schönfeld, 1861; 1909. Brunsvici, 1972, 3 voll.) 123. Mare Australe autem haud eandem rem significat atque Oceanus Indicus, sed partes huius oceani aliorumque quae ad austrum spectant. Vide etiam Oceanus Australis.
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