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GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 



is 61° 31' 0", and these accord very closely witk the position assigned to it by Captain 

 Chimmo, and with the telegraphic determination by United States Officers in 1875. 



Captain (afterwards General Sir Edward) Sabine, E.A., from a great number of observa- 

 tions, gave the position of the Protestant Church in Port Spain as lat. 10^ 38' 56" N., 

 long. 61° 35' 0" W. 



10. Curasao. — Till recent years the true position has been doubtful, and even now 

 capable authorities differ. The position of the Eif Fort, as given in the Table, is from 

 the latest Dutch Chai-t, but careful observations by United States Officers, in 1890, place 

 it m long. 68° 56' 27" W. 



The Variation of the Compass is increasing among the Caribbee and Leeward Islands, 

 at the rate of 3^' per annum. 



21. THE COASTS OF GUIANA, ETC., TO THE IMEXICAN SEA, 



INCLUSIVE. 



Cape North, extreme 



Mount Maye, summit 



Cape Cachipom-, extreme 

 Biver Oyapok, Cape Orange 

 Mount d'Argent, summitj 

 Grand Conuetable, centre 

 Cayenne, Jetty Light [1] 

 Salut Isles, Lighthouse ... 



Mont Diable, summit 



Sinmarairi Eiver, Joubert 



or West Point 



Biver Maroai, Fran9aise 



Pomt, Light [2] 



Kaimar Head, W. point 



of entrance. Light ... 



Orange Creek, village of La 



Paix 



Surmam, beacon on Bram 



Point 



Paramaribo, Church 



Coppename or Saramacca 



Eiver, E. point of entr. 



Corentyn Eiver, New Eot- 



terdam, Nickerie Battery 



Berbice Eiver, Lightvessel 



New Amsterdam 



Demerara, Lighthouse 

 Mocomoco Point, extreme 

 Orinoco Eiver, Barima 



Point, extreme 



Ciudad Bolivar, market 



place 



Baja Point 



Trinidad. See itage 90. 



LAT. N. 



LONG. W. 



1 40 



2 48 30 



3 48 30 

 20 

 20 30 

 49 30 

 56 



10 

 16 50 

 10 30 



49 56 30 



50 54 45 



51 1 30 

 51 28 

 51 39 30 



51 55 40 



52 20 15 

 52 34 56 

 52 54 



5 21 15 52 54 16 



5 44 



5 43 48 



5 51 30 



5 58 

 5 50 



5 54 



5 58 20 



6 29 

 6 17 

 6 49 20 

 8 40 



8 37 30 



8 8 52 



9 32 



53 58 



54 30 



54 35 



55 10 

 55 14 30 



55 55 30 



57 80 

 57 23 30 



57 30 



58 9 47 

 60 11 



60 22 



63 32 58 



61 



AUTHORITIES. 



3 30 



2 35 



M. Montravel, SirE. Schom- 

 burgk. Captain Mouchez, of 

 the French Navy, and others. 



French Smrvey. 



1 55 



French Survev. 



1 15 



1 20 







Dutch Survey, 1888. 



EngUsh Survey, 1887. 



