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James Cook. Ex : Electronic vs non-electronic
From: B. Veyron
Date: 1999 Oct 05, 3:39 AM
From: B. Veyron
Date: 1999 Oct 05, 3:39 AM
I don't get it. James Cook is 1770, which is 18th century, no? You're probably talking of Willem Janszoon who discovered Carpentarie Gulf in 1605, and Abel Tasman in 1642-1643. The first to sail this part of the world, south of Timor, were the Portuguese. Bernard Veyron Noirmoutier > 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" >> ************************************************************************** >
