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Re: Old charts and traditional navigation methods
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Aug 13, 02:54 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Aug 13, 02:54 -0400
On 8/12/2014 4:56 PM, Jackson McDonald wrote: > I have attached three photos of a French nautical chart dated 1771. > > Like many old charts, this one contains numerous diagonal lines in > addition to lines of longitude and latitude. > > How were these diagonal lines used? How did they help a navigator plot > his ship's course? LORAN D- ? :-)
