Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America / To which are added, the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China

by William Coxe

TABLE of LONGITUDE and LATITUDE.

Table of Longitude and Latitude.

For the convenience of the Reader, the following Table exhibits in one point of view the longitude and latitude of the principal places mentioned in this performance. Their longitudes are estimated from the first meridian of the Isle of Fero, and from that of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The longitude of Greenwich from Fero is computed at 17° 34´ 45´´. The longitude of the places marked * has been taken from astronomical observations.

		Latitude.			Longitude.
					Fero.			Greenwich.
		D.	M.	S.	D.	M.	S.	D.	M.
* Petersburg		59	56	23	48	0	0	30	25[190]
* Moscow		55	45	45	55	6	30	37	31
* Archangel		64	33	24	56	15	0	38	40
* Tobolsk		58	12	22	85	40	0	68	26
* Tomsk		56	30	0	102	50	0	85	15
* Irkutsk		52	18	15	122	13	0	104	38
* Selenginsk		51	6	0	124	18	30	106	44
Kiachta		35	0	0	124	18	0	106	43
* Yakutsk		62	1	50	147	0	0	129	25
* Ochotsk		59	22	0	160	7	0	142	32
* Bolcheresk		52	55	0	174	13	0	156	38
* Port of St. Peter and Paul		53	1	0	176	10	0	158	36
Eastern Extremity of Siberia		66	0	0	200	0	0	182	25
Unalashka {	According to the general map of Russia	58	0	0	223	0	0	205	25
	According to the chart of Krenitzin & Levashoff	53	30	0	205	30	0	187	55

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