Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1: Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age
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Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 1: Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age
Natural history; Science -- Early works to 1800; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
_Names of | _Longitude |_Latitude._| _Anno | _Variation
Places._ | from_ Lon.| | Dom._| Observ'd._
| | | |
| _d_ _m_ | _d_ _m_ | | _d_ _m_
_London_ | 0 0 | 51 32 N | 1580 | 11 15 E
| | | 1622 | 6 0 E
| | | 1634 | 4 5 E
| | | 1672 | 2 30 W
_Paris_ | 2 25 E | 48 51 N | 1683 | 4 30 W
| | | 1640 | 3 00 E
| | | 1666 | 0 0
| | | 1681 | 2 30 W
_Uraniburg_ | 13 0 E | 55 54 N | 1672 | 2 35 W
----------------------------+------------+-----------+-------+------------
_Copenhagen_ | 12 53 E | 55 41 N | 1649 | 1 30 E
| | | 1672 | 3 35 W
_Dantzick_ | 19 0 E | 54 23 N | 1679 | 7 00 W
_Mompelier_ | 4 0 E | 43 37 N | 1674 | 1 10 W
_Brest_ | 4 25 W | 48 23 N | 1680 | 1 45 W
----------------------------+------------+-----------+-------+------------
_Rome_ | 13 0 E | 41 50 N | 1681 | 5 0 W
_Bayonne_ | 1 20 W | 43 30 N | 1680 | 1 20 W
_Hudson's_ Bay | 79 40 W | 51 00 N | 1668 | 19 15 W
In _Hud._ Straights | 57 00 W | 61 00 N | 1668 | 29 30 W
In _Baffin's_ Bay at } | | | |
Sir _Thomas Smith's_} | 80 00 W | 78 00 N | 1616 | 57 00 W
Sound } | | | |
----------------------------+------------+-----------+-------+-----------
At Sea | 50 0 W | 38 40 N | 1682 | 7 30 W
At Sea | 31 30 W | 43 50 N | 1682 | 5 30 W
At Sea | 42 0 W | 21 0 N | 1678 | 0 40 E
Cape St. _Aug._ of _Brazile_| 35 30 W | 8 0 S | 1670 | 5 30 E
Cape _Frio_ | 41 10 W | 22 40 S | 1670 | 12 10 E
----------------------------+------------+-----------+-------+------------
At Sea off of the Mou. } | | | |
of the River _Plate_ } | 53 00 W | 39 30 S | 1670 | 20 33 E
At the East Entrance } | | | |
of _Magellan_ Straits } | 68 00 W | 52 30 S | 1670 | 17 00 E
At the W. Entrance of } | | | |
the _Magellan_ Straits } | 75 00 W | 53 00 S | 1670 | 14 10 E
_Baldivia_ | 73 00 W | 40 00 S | 1670 | 8 10 E
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