Names of places. N. Latitude. In degrees. In time. Presidio del Altar Passo del Norte, (Presidio) Junction of the Rio Gila and Colorado Las Casas grandes (near Rio Gila) Santa Fe, (city) Longitude W. from Paris. 30' 30' 0" 11° 18 307 25′ 14" 0 7 8 12 8 52 Names of observers and remarks. Mascaro and Rivera. TABLE Of the most remarkable elevations measured in the interior of New Spain. The work published with the title of Nivellement barometrique fait dans les Regions Equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, in 1799-1804, contains more than two hundred points in the interior of New Spain, of which I determined the elevation above the level of the sea, either by the barometer, or by trigonometrical methods. We have merely inserted in the following table the absolute heights of the most remarkable mountains and cities. The points marked with an asterisk are doubtful. My Recueil d'observations astronomiques et de mesures barometriques, edited by M. Oltmanns, may also be consulted, (vol. I. pages 318 to 334.) Volcan de Popocatepetl, volcan grande de Mexico ò de Puebla 5400 2771 17716 Pic d'Orizaba or Citlaltepetl Nevado d'Iztaccihuatl, Sierra Nevada of Mexico Coffre de Perote or Nauhcampatepetl Cerro de Axusco, six leagues to the S.S.W. of Mexico 3674* 1885* 12052 + This column is added by the translator. |