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BBC radio: Astronomy and Empire
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 May 7, 23:41 -0500
From BBC radio... Listen in to some academic folks chatting about the
influence of astronomy on the expansion of British power in the time of Captain
Cook. It's basically fluff but they have a few interesting things to say:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
You can download it or play it online. After a few days, you'll probably
have to look in the archive there for it.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 May 7, 23:41 -0500
From BBC radio... Listen in to some academic folks chatting about the
influence of astronomy on the expansion of British power in the time of Captain
Cook. It's basically fluff but they have a few interesting things to say:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
You can download it or play it online. After a few days, you'll probably
have to look in the archive there for it.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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