The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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A belt; a girdle. There are five zones; the torrid zone, which extends 23 deg. 28 min. on each side of the equator; the two temperate zones, which extend from 23 deg. 28 min. to 66 deg. 32 min., and the two frigid zones, which extend from 66 deg. 32 min. to the poles.

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