Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 8:17

17. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all Flesh, both of Fowl, and of Cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the Earth, that they may breed abundantly in the Earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the Earth :

Quest. How could these Creatures which came out of the Ark in Asia get thence to America, or to Islands remote from the Continent? Answ. 1. As for America, it is thought by divers learned men, that it is either joyned to this Continent, or separated from it only by a Narrow Sea, which divers living Creatures could easily swim over. 2. Many living Creatures are and always were transported by men in their vessels, either for their supply, or profit, or diversion, or other ends, and thence might easily be propagated there. 3. The same God who made all these Creatures, and caused them to come first to Adam and afterwards to Noah, could afterwards both encline and impower them to go whether he pleased, without the advice of these vain men, who will believe nothing of God which themselves either do not see or cannot do.

Marginal references: Chap. 1. 22.