Original sentence: At 2500 stadia (3.6°) north of Celtica are a people Hipparchus called Celtic but Strabo thinks are the British, a discrepancy he might not have noted if he had known that the British were also Celtic.At 9100 stadia north of Marseille (5400 or 7.7° north of Celtica) the elevation is 4 cubits and the longest day is 18 hours.Opposite Europe in Diodorus is the promontory (akrōtērion) of Kantion (Kent), 100 stadia (several miles) from the land, but the text is ambiguous; the land could be either Britain or the continent.Strabo reports that Eratosthenes places Thule at a parallel 11500 stadia (16.4°) north of the mouth of the Borysthenes.Using 3700 or 3800 stadia (5.3° or 5.4°) north of Marseille for a base line obtains a latitude of 64.8° or 64.9° for Thule, well short of the Arctic Circle
Edited sentence: 1032 miles) north of Marseille (5400 or 7.7° north of Celtica) the elevation is 4 cubits and the longest day is 18 hours.11.35 miles) from the land, but the text is ambiguous; the land could be either Britain or the continent.283 miles)(3.6°) north of Celtica are a people Hipparchus called Celtic but Strabo thinks are the British, a discrepancy he might not have noted if he had known that the British were also Celtic.420-430 miles)(5.3° or 5.4°) north of Marseille for a base line obtains a latitude of 64.8° or 64.9° for Thule, well short of the Arctic Circle.At 2500 stadia (appr.At 9100 stadia (appr.Opposite Europe in Diodorus is the promontory (akrōtērion) of Kantion (Kent), 100 stadia (appr.Strabo reports that Eratosthenes places Thule at a parallel 11500 stadia (1305 miles)(16.4°) north of the mouth of the Borysthenes.Using 3700 or 3800 stadia (appr