Helvetia occidentalis - südwestlicher Teil (Bern, Oberland, Fryburg, Lemann, Wallis): 6-14. Inclitæ Bernatvm vrbis, cvm omni ditionis svæ agro et provinciis delineatio chorographica (1578) - Page 18

A detailed chorographic map focusing on the Bernese region, including major settlements such as Solothurn and the Bieler See. The map utilizes hand-colored borders to delineate administrative territories and provides extensive topographical detail.

Central cartouche containing geodetic scale and distance measurements.

GEODETIC SCALE COMPREHENDING VARIOUS MEASUREMENTS OF JOURNEYS BY FOOT

A pedestrian journey of one hour contains 6,000 paces, which are 3,000 steps, which are 15,000 feet.


Savoyard League, a pedestrian journey is 1 1/4 hours
German Mile, a journey of 1 1/3 hours
Smallest Swiss Mile, a pedestrian journey of 2 hours
Mediocre Swiss Mile, a pedestrian journey of 2 2/3 hours
Largest Swiss Mile, a pedestrian journey of 3 1/5 hours

Table of Longitude
Longitude	Hours
Degrees	Minutes	Min	Sec	Ter
27	40	0	27	25
27	50	0	54	51
28	0	1	22	17
28	10	1	49	42
28	20	2	17	8
28	30	2	44	34
28	40	3	12	0
28	50	3	39	25
29	0	4	6	51
29	10	4	34	17
29	20	5	1	42
29	30	5	29	8
29	40	5	56	34
29	50	6	24	0
30	0	6	51	25
30	10	7	18	51
30	20	7	46	17
30	30	8	0	0

Dual Table of Latitude
Longest Day	Gnomon and Shadow
Latitude		Latitud
Minutes	Hour	Min	Sec	Ter
10	15	35	41	12 1/16
15	45	35	53	38
20	15	36	36	3
25	15	37	18	29
30	15	38	0	54 1/2
35	15	38	43	20
40	15	39	25	48 1/2
45	15	40	8	11
50	15	40	50	36 1/2
55	15	41	33	2
47 Deg 0	15	42	15	27
5	15	42	57	53
10	15	43	40	18 1/2
15	15	44	22	44
20	15	45	5	9 1/2
25	15	45	47	35
30	15	46	30	1