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Re: The lost expedition of La Perouse
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 18:03 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 18:03 +0100
Marc Bernstein wrote- >I assume what was recovered was really an octant rather than a sextant? =================== Response from George. Why so? sextants had been around for 30 years or so when La Perouse departed. ================================================================ 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. ================================================================