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Re: Longitude of Japan in 20K

From: <jcrovisier~at~free.fr>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:18:09 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

My suggestion is not tenable, of course.

The intended longitude is indeed 137 degrees east. This is confirmed by the
position of the fregate given several pages before (31 degrees north, 136
degrees east) and the route of the Nautilus shown on the map.

Jacques Crovisier



Selon BGYKrauth <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>:

> Cher Jacques,
>
> théorie interessant, mais il y a encore une difference de 10 degrees, et de
> plus je ne peut pas m'imaginer que Jules Verne qui à navigué lui-même a fait
> des calcules comme ca.
>
> interesting theorie, but there is still a difference of some 10 degrees, and
> I can not imagine that JV who navigated himself have calculated in this
> way...
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> mail from:
>
> Bernhard Krauth
>
> have a look at:
>
> www.jules-verne.eu
>
> www.jules-verne-club.de
>
> www.bernhard-krauth.de
>
> www.bremerhavenpilot.de
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jcrovisier~at~free.fr
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Longitude of Japan in 20K
>
>
> If we consider that a "meridian" is a whole great circle, then Paris
> meridian also extends across the Pacific, along what we would call
> longitude 180 degrees.
>
> The position given by JV is 37 degrees west (as from the original French
> edition) of this meridian. This is in fact 143 degrees east of Paris, or
> 145 east of Greenwich.
>
> And then everything is consistent.
>
> Jacques Crovisier
Received on Tue 08 Apr 2008 - 18:18:20 IDT

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