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Re: Early days of noon-sights...
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 1999 Jan 22, 13:03 EST
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 1999 Jan 22, 13:03 EST
One of the earliest was the almanacs used for navigation was the "Almanach Perpetuum" by Abraham Zacuto. Zacuto did this in Salamanca, Spain in 1471. I believe he moved to Portugal and was later employed by the the king of Portugal. The original was in Hebrew. It was translated into Latin in 1485 by Vizinho. <PRE> -- sources of information: Hart, Henry H. Sea Road to the Indies (pub 1950) and Morrison, Samuel E. Admiral of the Ocean Sea (orig. pub 1940) Gerard Mittelstaedt gerardm@XXX.XXX McAllen, TX www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/staff/MITT1.htm USA ------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Russell Sher wrote: > I am curious to know; In the early days of parallel sailing and relying > almost exclusively on the noon-sight, Where did early navigators obtain a > table of declinations? Was this perpetual or was it renewed annually? > > Russell > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= > =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= > =-= navigation =-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= </PRE>
