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----- Original Message -----
From: Alexandre Eremenko 
Date:         Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:03:51 -0500
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject:      Re: on finding Pitcairn Island


> When I read these novels in my childhood,
> I checked with the World Atlas
> (published in Soviet Union
> in 1959), and both islands were exactly where Jules Verne placed
> them.

Jules Verne gives the coordinates refered to the meridian of Paris 2? 20' east of Greenwitch.
Reef Maria Theresa was reported by Cpt Tabor by 37?S, 151? 13' W (of Greenwitch) in 1843.
Reef Ernest‑Legouv? is reported by the unknown Cpt of the French vesel 
"Ernest Legouv?", by 35? 12' S, 150? 40 W (of Greenwitch) in 1902.
These reefs were reported and charted but never confirmed.
See chart 5356 of the Service Hydrografique et Oc?anographique de la Marine 
(the French Navy hydrografic office).


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