Cette note sert à comparer ma <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>long.</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> à celle de <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mr.</abbr> <expan>Monsieur</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000090 http://viaf.org/viaf/60484857">Fidalgo</persName>. Supposé <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />que la <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>différ.</abbr> <expan>différence</expan> </choice> des méridiens de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008439 https://www.geonames.org/3573890">Puerto España</placeName> et de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> soit vraye<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ment de 2° 41′ 25″ et j’aurais trouvé par ma <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>long.</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> (de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />66° 31′ à l’ouest de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName>) le <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008439 https://www.geonames.org/3573890">Puerto d’Espanna</placeName></hi> de même à l’<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ouest de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName>: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />4<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice> </hi>15′ 18″ = 63° 49′ 35″. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />Or <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006994 https://www.geonames.org/2520600">Cadiz</placeName> est compté depuis <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName> de 34′ 25″ à l’ouest. Le premier <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mérid.</abbr> <expan>Méridien</expan> </choice> du <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008439 https://www.geonames.org/3573890">Puerto España</placeName> serait donc d’après <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mrs</abbr> <expan>Messieurs</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000090 http://viaf.org/viaf/60484857">Fidalgo</persName> et <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0013061 http://viaf.org/viaf/49379527">Churruca</persName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />à l’ouest de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />4<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice> </hi>15′ 31″ = 63° 52′ 47″ <note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="right" hand="#author"><persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012653 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117662046">D’Anville</persName> donne à <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> <lb />66° 50′ ou 4<hi rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice> </hi>27′ 20″ à l’<choice> <abbr>oc.</abbr> <expan>occident</expan> </choice> de <lb /><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName>. <choice> <abbr>Lat</abbr> <expan>Latitude</expan> </choice> 10° 18′ (<bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/DQM98KH6"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150"><choice> <abbr>Am.</abbr> <expan>Amérique</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>mérid.</abbr> <expan>méridional</expan> </choice></placeName><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <choice> <abbr>fol.</abbr> <expan>folio</expan> </choice></bibl>)<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <lb /><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/6K2DPHSM"><persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012957 http://viaf.org/viaf/22396829">Caulín</persName></bibl> <choice> <abbr>long</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> 4<hi rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice> </hi>26′ 44″ <choice> <abbr>lat</abbr> <expan>latitude</expan> </choice> 10° 28′. </note><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />ou <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b2267182-6fe5-4655-a671-826fe536559e" corresp="#e323cdac-5ea5-4cd3-a3cd-ac5ea5dcd32c" type="editorialNote">en résumant</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e323cdac-5ea5-4cd3-a3cd-ac5ea5dcd32c" corresp="#b2267182-6fe5-4655-a671-826fe536559e" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Die Längenwerte stimmen überein mit <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/FW9Q7PC9">Humboldt 1800</bibl>, 406; die dort gedruckten Schreiben Humboldts sind auf den 1. September und 17. November 1799 datiert. </note>