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Fort of São Tiago

Fort of São Tiago

Forte de São Tiago

Santa Maria Maior · Funchal

Funchal, Madeira

32°38′48″ N16°53′55″ W Google Maps

Fort in Funchal, Madeira, built under Philippine rule. Its survey marker served as the coordinate origin of the 1914 triangulation, near the site of the American observations of 1892.

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2Chronology

  1. An American mission made astronomical observations of latitude and longitude near the Forte de São Tiago in Funchal.

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