equinoctial line
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Southwestward toward the equinoctial line He steered his barks, for vast was his design.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
Having laid in our provisions, we commenced our navigation with a southeasterly wind, on the 15th of February, when the sun was already approaching the equinoctial line, and tending towards this, our northern hemisphere.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
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
It was 5� to the south of the equinoctial line.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
Though within the tropic zone, and but a few degrees from the equinoctial line, there is chillness in the air of the night, now nearing its mid-hours.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
