25 deg.

2' S.and long.
133 deg.

30' W., no less than _three degrees_ out of its true longitude! _Three minutes_ would _now_ be thought a considerable error:--such are the superior advantages conferred by lunar observations and improvements in chronometers.
Pitcairn's Island has been supposed to be the '_Encarnacion_' of Quiros, by whom it is stated to be in lat.

24 deg.

30', and one thousand leagues from the coast of Peru; but as he describes it as 'a low, sandy island, almost level with the sea, having a few trees on it,' we must look for '_Encarnacion_' somewhere else; and _Ducies_ Island, nearly in that latitude, very low, and within 5 deg.