Note 88 — THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA and China, in Anno 1596.
Reading edition
Here, again, the same error is committed as on the 19th of June (see page 77, note 4). The calculation is as follows:—
37° 55′ Elevation of the sun.
21° 15′ Declination of the sun.
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16° 40′ Complem. of elev. of Pole.
90° 0′
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74° 40′ Elevation of the Pole.
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But which should be 73° 20′
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