W. long. 19°, N. lat. 28°, the most westerly of the Canary islands, near the African coast, where the first meridian was lately fixed in most maps; but now, the geographers of almost every kingdom make their respective capitals the first meridian, as we do London.

some little islands situated in the northern ocean, 200 miles north-west of the Orcades, and as many south-east of Iceland: W. long. 7°, N. lat. 62°.