Welcome to the NavList Message Boards.

NavList:

A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding

Compose Your Message

Message:αβγ
Message:abc
Add Images & Files
    Name or NavList Code:
    Email:
       
    Reply
    Re: polynesian navigation.
    From: John Huth
    Date: 2010 Jul 31, 10:27 -0400
    Was this actually drawn by him, or dictated to someone who drew it?

    On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Bill Morris <engineer@clear.net.nz> wrote:

    For those who wish to judge Tupaia's map for themselves, I have attached a copy.

    Cook seems to have valued Tupaia as a translator, but I cannot find a mention in his journal of the Endeavour that he thought much of him as a pilot.

    Bill Morris
    Pukenui
    New Zealand
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList
    Members may optionally receive posts by email.
    To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com
    ----------------------------------------------------------------

    Linked File: https://www.NavList.net/imgx/Tupaia-map.JPG


       
    Reply
    Browse Files

    Drop Files

    NavList

    What is NavList?

    Get a NavList ID Code

    Name:
    (please, no nicknames or handles)
    Email:
    Do you want to receive all group messages by email?
    Yes No

    A NavList ID Code guarantees your identity in NavList posts and allows faster posting of messages.

    Retrieve a NavList ID Code

    Enter the email address associated with your NavList messages. Your NavList code will be emailed to you immediately.
    Email:

    Email Settings

    NavList ID Code:

    Custom Index

    Subject:
    Author:
    Start date: (yyyymm dd)
    End date: (yyyymm dd)

    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site
    Visit this site