Note 712 — Chapter V
W. (William) Falconer translation
These 21,800 stadia would give to Alexandria a latitude of 31° 8′ 34″; according to modern calculation it is 31° 11′ 20″ of latitude. The following presents Strabo’s calculations of the latitude of the preceding places in a tabular form.
Names of places. Particular Distance. Total Distance. Latitudes.
Stadia. Stadia.
Equator 0 0 0° 0′ 0″
Limits of the habitable earth 8800 8800 12° 34′ 17″
Meroe 3000 11800 16° 51′ 25″
Syene and the Tropic 5000 16800 24° 0′ 0″
Alexandria 5000 21800 31° 8′ 34″