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Re: Old style lunar
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 10, 01:38 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 10, 01:38 EST
Alex, you wrote:
"Could you give the precise address for the Mystic Seaport on-line 1804
almanac?"
The entry point for everything that has been digitized and made available
online is here:
When you get to that page, under the heading "Imprints", look for "Nautical
Almanac" under "N". It's immediately above Norie's Navigation.
One more: about twelve items below the above you'll find
"Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound" which includes fairly detailed accounts
of Vancouver's use of lunars for mapping (not navigation per se) in the
1790s.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
