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added by Paweł Kołodziejczyk Aug. 4, 2015, 1:13 p.m.
Which way ran ancient meridian 0°, called the Ferro Meridian?
Through the Greenwich district in London
Through the observatory in Paris
Through the Spanish island named El Hierro
Through the Ferro Italian city
ElHierro- the smallest island in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. It is put farthest to the South and west in the archipelago. For centuries putting the island was recognised as a point of reference for deleting of maps and doing calculations.In 1634 XIII Louis of for Franko and Richelieu confirmed that the Ferro meridian should be used on maps as the meridian of the reference.
Paweł Kołodziejczyk
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