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Re: Nocturnals
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2012 Jan 30, 19:56 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2012 Jan 30, 19:56 -0800
Wolfgang, regarding Keith's comment suggesting that the circumpolarity of the North Star was not known before Columbus, you wrote:
"Well, Bedini was clearly wrong. The circumpolar motion was well known to Portuguese mariners before Columbus."
I agree. And it's such a strange suggestion that I wonder if there might have been some editing error or mis-translation. Does anyone have access to Bedini's original statement here?
-FER
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