Ferro meridian
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ferro-meridian-317-2923441
title:
Ferro meridian
text:
The line of longitude running through El Hierro (Ferro), the westernmost of the Canary Islands, was known in European history as the prime meridian in common use outside of the future British Empire. Already in the 2nd century A.D., Ptolemy considered a definition of the zero meridian based on the westernmost position of the known world, giving maps with only positive (eastern) longitudes. In 1634, France ruled by Louis XIII and Richelieu decided that Ferro's meridian should be used as the refer
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Line of longitude running through El Hierro (Ferro), Canary Islands
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferro_meridian
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2023-10-25T19:54:31Z
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