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Re: on finding Pitcairn Island
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2004 Sep 21, 23:52 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2004 Sep 21, 23:52 +0100
Thanks to Frank Reed for quoting- An interesting passage: "On 9 >September 1983 Maria Theresa Reef was moved by the hydrographer from 151d >13'W to 136d 39'W upon reassessment of the old New Bedford whaler Maria >Theresa's >log of 1843, and one suspects it will eventually be expunged altogether". That was the "notice to mariners" that I had dredged up out of an imperfect memory. It's good to know the details. It must, I suspect, be the biggest error ever to have been made, and then corrected, by the hydrographer. I wonder what it was about "Maria Theresa"'s log which caused the reef to be entered on the chart nearly 1000 miles too far West. George. ================================================================ contact George Huxtable by email at george@huxtable.u-net.com, by phone at 01865 820222 (from outside UK, +44 1865 820222), or by mail at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ================================================================
