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Re: Malaspina
From: John Cole
Date: 2007 Oct 05, 16:02 -0700
From: John Cole
Date: 2007 Oct 05, 16:02 -0700
Is there a biography of LaPerouse in English? As I recall there is a place named for him on Botany Bay right across from where Cook landed. On Oct 5, 6:36 am, "Andres Ruiz"wrote: > XVIII century was an age of the explorers, navigators and cartographers like Cook, La P�rouse, Malaspina and later Flinders. > > Under a royal commission, he undertook a scientific expedition around the world in 1789, and explored the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of Spain's North American possessions. > In honor of James Cook�s ships; Resolution & Discovery, Malaspina baptised his own ships Atrevida y Descubierta > A pair of big octants used in the voyage are at the Naval Musem in Madrid > > For those who are interested a book in PDF format is available:http://web.mala.bc.ca/black/amrc/index.htm?Biographies/biography.htm&2 > > Andr�s Ruiz > Navigational Algorithmshttp://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---