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Longitude of Japan in 20K

From: Michael F. Duke <hillbillyhobbit~at~hughes.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:37:45 -0500
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I have a really dumb question, which shows my ignorance of navigation, but  


here goes:



In every version of 20K I've looked at, the position of the "Nautilus"  


some 300 miles off the coast of Japan at the start of her epic voyage is  


given as 137 degrees, 15 minutes *West* of Paris. (See pp. 91-92 of the  


Miller/Walter Naval Institute Press edition of 20K; page 90 of Bill  


Butcher's translation [Oxford World's Classics]; and the French & Dutch  


hypertexts in the jvf virtual library.) Shouldn't those longitudes be East  


of Paris? Or am I mis-reading something?



Mike



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