At this point the Inca Empire extended for roughly 2500 miles along the western coast of South America encompassing much of modern Peru and Chile with parts of Ecuador.

当时印加古国的领土沿南美的西海岸差不多有2500英里长包含了现在秘鲁和智利的大部以及厄瓜多尔的一部分。

Small at first, encompassing with my body, the room, the building, the city, the country, until I know that if I look down I will see my shadow blotting out the earth.

起初很渺小，只能环绕自己的身体，然后是整个房间、建筑、城市、国家，最后我知道如果往下看，会看到自己的影子已笼罩整个地球。

Yet soon after, it advanced nearer, and I could see the sides of it encompassed with several gradations of galleries, and stairs, at certain intervals, to descend from one to the other.

然而不久之后，它就越来越近了，我可以看到它的两侧环绕着几层走廊和楼梯，以一定的间隔从一个到另一个下降。