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Re: L'Hermione en route to America next summer
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2014 Nov 18, 14:10 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2014 Nov 18, 14:10 -0800
Jackson:
Do you mean for 18th century navigational methods to be "tried" or "demonstrated" or "relied upon?"
If the last, then I'd classify the captain as a fool. The competent navigator always relies upon as many sources of navigational information as possible -- including ones that might not have existed at the time a vessel was constructed.
Do you mean for 18th century navigational methods to be "tried" or "demonstrated" or "relied upon?"
If the last, then I'd classify the captain as a fool. The competent navigator always relies upon as many sources of navigational information as possible -- including ones that might not have existed at the time a vessel was constructed.
On 11/18/2014 2:01 PM, Jackson McDonald
wrote:
