I don't know enough about Latin, yet that quote about Alexander really seems like it could read the opposite way. Hic Alexander responsum accepit usq. quo Alex

I don't know enough about Latin, yet that quote about Alexander really seems like it could read the opposite way. Hic Alexander responsum accepit usq. quo Alexander (“Here Alexander received an answer [to the question]: How far, Alexander?”) Could instead be: ("How far to Alexandria? You're at Alexandria.") Plus, that would make sense on a map.