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Re: Ancient mariners enjoyed Hawaiian holidays
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 Nov 04, 22:00 -0500
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 Nov 04, 22:00 -0500
Dick, you wrote: "A more up-to date discussion of the methods of Micronesian navigation can be found in a recent book (1987) by Steve Thomas. Thomas sailed with one of the few remaining practitioner's of the ancient methods. Thomas comes with notable sailing credentials and his account provides some useful insights." I think these should be called "traditional" methods rather than "ancient" methods. We have no way of knowing how old they are. We also have no way of knowing how much they have been influenced by other cultures' navigational practices or how much they have been "re-invented". -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
