161 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 



BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



Latitude North. Long. W. of Greenwich. 



e i a o i h 



I. Abacou, N. E. point 26 29 . 52 77 00 21 



Rocky point in the same. 26 17 20 77 03 25 



Hole in the Wall (or Rock) 25 50 19 77 15 45 



New Providence (Nassau) 25 04 33 77 22 06 



The Northwestermost of the I. of Berry. . . . 25 50 49 78 01 38 



The Eastermost. Idem 25 22 00 77 41 15 



9 fathom water, white sand 25 44 00 78 14 45 



2* do 25 44 00 78 39 45 



3 do 24 53 00 78 51 45 



4 do 24 45 00 78 58 45 



10 do 24 38 00 79 07 15 



GULF OF MEXICO. 



Campeche (great Square) 19 50 15 90 30 37 



New Veracruz.* 19 11 52 96 04 20 



Mount Orizaba (pico) 19 02 17 97 09 20 



Bernal Grande 19 39 42 96 21 05 



Gallega Bay, the north part. 19 13 20 96 03 42 



Tamiagua (city) . 21 15 48 



Barra of New Santander 23 45 18 98 07 43 



Lake of St. Fernando (6 la Carbovera). ... 24 36 00 97 59 00 



Opening, supposed Rio Bravo 25 55 00 97 26 30 



Point in the coast 26 46 00 97 35 00 



Notes. — * Longitude determined by observation. 



5 , Longitude determined by lunar distances. 



The remainder of the Longitudes are ascertained by chronometers. 

 The correctness of Latitudes may be fully depended upon. 



Height of some Mountains in New Spain, compared with the height 



of that in Teneriffe. 



French Toises. 



C Height of the Peak of Orizaba,* above the level of the sea. . . 2795 



_ . N of the Cofre de Perote 2185. 7 



New Spam. V of the Town of Xalapa 698 



£ Encero 515. 3 



* See Geographical Positions, in this page. 



( Height of the Peak in the Azores according to J. J. De F. . . 1238 



.„. ) C according to Don Vizente Tofino.7 .„,-„ 



Tenentte. ^ £ Brigadier of the Spanish Marine.} y 



(_ Mean height 1249 Toises. 



JOSE JOAQUIN DE FERRER. 



