Maps, their history, characteristics and uses; a handbook for teachers (1921)
Fordham, Herbert George, Sir, 1854-1929 · Cambridge : The University press · leaf 74
In France, in 1634,Richelieu, after consultation with the astronomers Gassendiand Morin, by decree of Louis XIII fixed upon Ferro (liede Fer), the most westerly of the Canaries, and enacted thatall French ships should calculate their longitudes from thisinitial meridian, though it was not till the… … 3 o c O a Si <u o is m o bo & 5 * 5 5 Q * THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF MAPS 45 Ferro meridian obtained almost universal currency downto the beginning of the nineteenth century. The vague western meridian was continued in use inEngland until towards the end of the seventeenth century.In Blomes…
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