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On nautical history.
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2001 Nov 16, 1:19 PM
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2001 Nov 16, 1:19 PM
On Nautical History I've enjoyed my membership of this list (and its predecessor) for some years now, and learned much from it, and had some really satisfactory arguments (even if I may not have won many of them). I've no intention of jumping-ship from Navigation-L, not at all. My own interest is in the history of the subject, the way navigation and its techniques developed, the increasing sophistication of the instrumentation involved. I suspect that only a minority of Navigation-L subscribers share that historical interest to any great extent. I have tried other mailing lists, as follows- "Hastro-L", for the history of astronomy. Sometimes fascinating stuff but concentrates to a large extent on ancient belief-systems and their connection with astrology and the sky. "Sextants" -for sextants. This can be interesting but seems rather preoccupied with sextants-as-objects: provenance, authenticity, value. Not so much with function. "Rete" - which deals with the history of scientific instruments. This too can be interesting but has a much wider range than I wish to follow. So here is my question. Can any members of this list identify, and recommend, any other mailing-list or website which concentrates on the history of seafaring and/or the historical development of navigational techniques? George. ------------------------------ george@huxtable.u-net.com George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. ------------------------------
