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Plano de el Puerto de Jagua situado en la costa de el sur de la ya. de la Havana en la latd. de 21 gs. 51 ms. N. y en 294 gs. 54 ms. de longd. segun Tenerife.
Plano de la Bahía del Guantánamo en la costa del S. de la ysla de Cuba cituado en la latd. N. de 20 gs. y en longd. de 301⁰27ʹ segn. Tene.
Plano de la Bahía del Guantánamo en la costa del sur de la ysla de Cuba situdao en la latd. de 20 gros. norte y en la longd. de 301 go. y 27 minutos segun el meridiano de Thenerife.
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Plano del Puerto y Bahía de Santa Elena al O. de dicho Cabo, en la costa oriental de Patagones, situada en la latitud sur de 44 grados 37 minutos y en la longitud de 310 grados 55 minutos, merediano de Thenerife, varia la agufa en este parafe 18 gs. NE.
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Summary
Depths shown by soundings.
Watermarks: J. Honig & Zoon; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Watermarks dated from 1737-87.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Mounted on cloth backing.
LC Luso-Hispanic World, 180
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Indexed.
Annotated in brown ink in lower left corner: 14.
Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right margin: 26.
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In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.