Then, since Washington is 77deg 3' 11" as much as to say seventy-seven degrees counted from the meridian of Greenwich which the Americans take for their starting-point for longitudes concurrently with the English--it followed that the island must be situated seventy-seven and seventy-five degrees west of the meridian of Greenwich, that is to say, on the hundred and fifty-second degree of west longitude.
Así, pues, estando Washington a los 77° 3' 11” o digamos a los 77° del meridiano de Greenwich, que los norteamericanos, lo mismo que los ingleses, toman por punto de partida de las longitudes, se concluía que la isla estaba situada a los 77° más 750 al oeste del meridiano de Greenwich, es decir, hacia los 152° de longitud oeste.