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Re: No Lunars Era
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 11:10 -0700
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 11:10 -0700
On 6 Dec 2004 at 13:02, Bruce Stark wrote: > The main stumbling block, in my view, was that damnable > "Astronomical Notebook" Patterson laid on them. If they'd used the > "Notebook" to build a fire I think they'd have done fine. They had copies > of Maskelyne and Kelly with them. I think that's true. Had they worked their observations throughout the trip they would have likely been very capable navigators by the time they returned. Ken Muldrew.
