Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 1687 էջ |
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... latitude , and 113 ° o ' of longitude , that is to say , 240 leagues too far west . The account of Chappe's journey , drawn up by M. de Cassini , gives us no accurate information as to the position of the capital . Chappe even re ...
... latitude , and 113 ° o ' of longitude , that is to say , 240 leagues too far west . The account of Chappe's journey , drawn up by M. de Cassini , gives us no accurate information as to the position of the capital . Chappe even re ...
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... latitude of the capital of Mexico remained for a long period as problematical as its longitude . In the time of Cortez the Spanish pilots fixed it at 20 ° 0 ' , as is proved by the map of California , drawn up by Domingo de Castillo in ...
... latitude of the capital of Mexico remained for a long period as problematical as its longitude . In the time of Cortez the Spanish pilots fixed it at 20 ° 0 ' , as is proved by the map of California , drawn up by Domingo de Castillo in ...
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... latitude . M. Galeano obtained in 1791 , by larger instruments , 19 ° 26 ' 00 " . VERA CRUZ . Latitude , 19 ° 11 ′ 52 " . Longitude , 6h 33 ′ 56 ′′ = 98 ° 29 ′ 0 ′′ . This longitude is deduced from a stellar eclipse , observed by M ...
... latitude . M. Galeano obtained in 1791 , by larger instruments , 19 ° 26 ' 00 " . VERA CRUZ . Latitude , 19 ° 11 ′ 52 " . Longitude , 6h 33 ′ 56 ′′ = 98 ° 29 ′ 0 ′′ . This longitude is deduced from a stellar eclipse , observed by M ...
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... latitude 19 ° 9 ′ 38 ′′ † , a position too southern by three minutes . I examined the small quadrant of Chappe which remains at Mexico , in the hands of Father Pi- chardo ; and I am by no means astonished , that , with so imperfect an ...
... latitude 19 ° 9 ′ 38 ′′ † , a position too southern by three minutes . I examined the small quadrant of Chappe which remains at Mexico , in the hands of Father Pi- chardo ; and I am by no means astonished , that , with so imperfect an ...
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... latitude . This atlas is founded on the ope- rations of the expedition of Malaspina . However M. Antillon , in an excellent memoir above cited , gives a result , deduced from the same operations , which differs more than a third of a ...
... latitude . This atlas is founded on the ope- rations of the expedition of Malaspina . However M. Antillon , in an excellent memoir above cited , gives a result , deduced from the same operations , which differs more than a third of a ...
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