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Re: Persistence and demise of Lunars
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2017 Dec 11, 09:58 -0500
Another irony was that when the survivors stumbled across uninhabited Henderson Island halfway through their voyage, they were a mere 100 miles from a thriving English-speaking colony. Their copy of Bowditch was not up to date. Six years earlier, two British frigates had rediscovered Pitcairn Island, home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers. The information had yet to filter back to America and make it into Bowditch.
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2017 Dec 11, 09:58 -0500
Another irony was that when the survivors stumbled across uninhabited Henderson Island halfway through their voyage, they were a mere 100 miles from a thriving English-speaking colony. Their copy of Bowditch was not up to date. Six years earlier, two British frigates had rediscovered Pitcairn Island, home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers. The information had yet to filter back to America and make it into Bowditch.
Don Seltzer
