All 3 Uses of
latitude
in
Treasure Island
- In a few cases, to be sure, the name of a place would be added, as "Offe Caraccas," or a mere entry of latitude and longitude, as "62o 17' 20", 19o 2' 40"."†
Chpt 6
- The doctor opened the seals with great care, and there fell out the map of an island, with latitude and longitude, soundings, names of hills and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores.†
Chpt 6
- And then he named the latitude and longitude exactly.†
Chpt 9 *
Definition:
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(latitude as in: latitude and longitude) a measure of north/south (relative to the equator) on the earth -- calculated by using imaginary horizontal circles on the surface of the earth that are parallel to the equator such that 45 degrees north is half way between the equator and the north pole