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Longitude and the Sultan of Muscat
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 May 24, 18:02 -0500
I've been fishing around for information on 19th century navigation in the
Middle East. Today (on google books) I came across a report from 1837 on the
navy of the Sultan of Muscat written by an officer of the US Navy. He notes
that the sultan's navy included several large square-rigged ships mostly built
in India originally for the British, and he adds that "the officers practice
the lunar observations, and possess excellent chronometers". From the sound
of it, navigation of large vessels in this area from Zanzibar to Oman was
similar to the contemporary navigation aboard American vessels.
-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 24, 18:02 -0500
I've been fishing around for information on 19th century navigation in the
Middle East. Today (on google books) I came across a report from 1837 on the
navy of the Sultan of Muscat written by an officer of the US Navy. He notes
that the sultan's navy included several large square-rigged ships mostly built
in India originally for the British, and he adds that "the officers practice
the lunar observations, and possess excellent chronometers". From the sound
of it, navigation of large vessels in this area from Zanzibar to Oman was
similar to the contemporary navigation aboard American vessels.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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