treasure1822
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- Dec 9, 2010
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Actually, the British were using (Greenwich, England)And where was the prime meridian determined to be in that year? It was not officially established at the current location (Greenwich, England), until 1884. The earlier Portugese standard was through the Madera Islands. Other navigators used the Vatican (the center of the Civilized World, after all), Axis Mundi at Jerusalem (the center of the Universe, after all), or their starting point (sensibly), so it was relative to where the ship left from and started their log. And until Harrison perfected his chronometer in the 1770's it was near impossible to take an accurate longitude away from the prime meridian or starting point.
as the "Prime Meridian" during the 1700's. And true on being inaccurate that's why I said it should be shifted east. Remember I said it was George Anson that had it commissioned and he was believed to be a "Grand master" which he would have access to paper left by grand masters before him. And I am not much on coincidences but the "Stone Carving" in Overton, Nova Scotia is just west of a town called "Arcadia" Nova Scotia....