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Re: William Bligh's navigation and mapping
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2016 Aug 10, 17:50 -0400
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2016 Aug 10, 17:50 -0400
Question I have would be if Bligh had an octant or a sextant and if he had either did he do the math in his head? That he didn't succumb to the wilds in an open and crowded boat and made it to a somewhat friendly port is nothing more than amazing.
On Aug 10, 2016 5:35 PM, "Don Seltzer" <NoReply_Seltzer@fer3.com> wrote:
I believe that there are modern day Admiralty charts of the Great Barrier Reef that still contain sounding measurements taken by a certain William Bligh - after the mutiny while he was navigating the open launch.Don Seltzer
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