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Recreating Bligh's voyage to Timor
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2010 May 28, 03:03 -0700
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2010 May 28, 03:03 -0700
George, you mentioned Bligh's voyage after the mutiny to Timor. I don't think this has come up yet on NavList. There is a group trying to recreate that voyage right now. Here's a blog article about it:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/27/mutinys-aftermath-comes-to-life/
...which includes this line:
"They’re using an ancient device called a sextant to mark the ship’s angle against the horizon"
-FER
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