If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. and at sea, if you can’t tell the time, you don’t how far east or west you are. it is relatively easy to calculate latitude – your distance north or south of the equator – by measuring the height of the sun above the horizon at noon; but this won’t let you calculate longitude – your position east or west. –a history of the world in 100 objects, neil macgregor which context clue can best you determine the meaning of the word latitude? what type of context clue is this?

your distance north or south of the equator.

Explanation:

A context clue can be defined as the hints that a writer or author provide within the same sentence. This tool is used by the author while giving clues about the difficult or unusual words that appear in the sentence. Usually, the writer gives these hints in the same sentence.  

There are two context clues given by the writer in the given passage: latitude and longitude.  

The context clue that has been given for the word 'latitude' is 'your distance from north or south of the equator.'

This is an example of punctuation context clue. A punctuation context clue is the one in which the meaning of the word is stated within commas, dashes, or parentheses. In the given case, the author has used dash punctuation mark to give hints.