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Re: Electronic vs non-electronic
From: John Simmonds
Date: 1999 Oct 05, 3:01 AM
From: John Simmonds
Date: 1999 Oct 05, 3:01 AM
Nope, first survey's of the east Aust coast were done by James Cook in 1770 and in places todays charts carry a note that they had not been surveyed since, John Pierre Boucher wrote: > > Are you shure you did not mean 18th/early 19th centuries??? > > Pierre > > >One thing you've got to remember (at least in my part of the world) is > >that many charts are still base on surveysdone in the late 17th/early > >18th centuries. Remarkably accurate given the timepieces and other nav > >instruments in use then > >John > ************************************************************************** > X > XX X Pierre Boucher N > XXX XX formation en navigation de plaisance > XXXX XXX Ste-Therese (Quebec) Canada > XXXXX XXX > XXXXXX XXX la "VOILE"... le reste n'est que du vent... > XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ''Sail, Sail !''... the rest is only wind > XXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXX EMAIL: pboucher@lavoile.com > XXX "http://www.lavoile.com" > **************************************************************************
