142nd meridianの例文
- The 142nd meridian east is the estimated location of the boundary between Spain and Portugal ( as per the Treaty of Zaragoza ) signed on 22 April 1529 . Consequently, at Possession Island 142?4'E, just before sunset on Wednesday 22 August 1770, Captain Cook declared the coast to be British territory in the name of King George III . The Coast to the west was already Dutch territory.
- In July 1862 Sir Charles Nicholson reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies that : " On the west, the whole of the basin of the'Barcoo'for several hundred miles, as far as the 142nd meridian of East longitude, is becoming rapidly occupied by squatters, and the authorised possession of the greater part of it has already, I believe, been secured under pastoral licenses ".
- In July 1862 Sir Charles Nicholson had reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies that : " On the west, the whole of the basin of the'Barcoo'for several hundred miles, as far as the 142nd meridian of East longitude, is becoming rapidly occupied by squatters, and the authorised possession of the greater part of it has already, I believe, been secured under pastoral licenses . . . ".