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# Later Developments of the Myth in the Age of Exploration
Another factor that may have contributed to the idea Norumbega as a city was [thing where cities embryonic thing]
Another factor that may have contributed to the idea Norumbega as a city was
the philosophy of natural harmony. "Many Renaissance cosmographers subscribed
to the philosophy [which stated] the physical world was governed by laws
ensuring perfect equilibrium."[@KirsNor98, 35] "Accordingly, when Europeans
heard about the New World, they anticipated that it would contain at least an
embryonic counterpart of features of the geography and human behavior of the
Old World."[@KirsNor99, 35] This may have contributed to the city's association
with more civilized inhabitants.
# How the Myth Found new Popularity in the Late 19th Century