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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm sure that the average person would have understood what latitude and longitude were in the latter part of the 19th century, just as they do today. They have been around for many centuries.
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But if someone gave you the coordinates would you be able to locate where you are on the globe without having to look it up?
In a related point, I finished
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras the other day. I did not like the ending.
Verne uses lots of coordinates in this book, too. I had to locate them using Google Maps.
I still am working on finishing
Round the Moon.