equinoctial line
Example Sentences
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In this way he reached the territory on the equinoctial line, where are now Puerto Viejo and Manta.
From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
We took possession of it, in the name of his most serene majesty, and found it to be pleasant and verdant, and situated five degrees south of the equinoctial line.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
This country is situated eighteen degrees south of the equinoctial line, and fifty-seven degrees farther west than Lisbon, as our instruments showed us.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
In December, 1499, in June of which year Ojeda and Vespucci had set out together, Vicente Pinzon sailed along the Brazilian coast to a point eight degrees south of the equinoctial line.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
They thought there was nothing south of the equinoctial line but an immense sea and some poor and barren islands.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
