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Re: Sobel and Longitude. was:: Re: David Thomson and his lunar tables
From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Mar 20, 09:06 -0400
From: John Huth
Date: 2010 Mar 20, 09:06 -0400
Wolfgang -
I certainly cannot rule out forgeries. I've been recently looking up the provenance of the so-called Yale Vineland map. The furthest I've gotten in terms of sources are both Morison and Wright, and haven't had the time to dig deeper than that.
Yes, unfortunately Morrison's references are pretty spare, making it difficult to backtrack to the originals.
Thanks for the post.
Best,
John H.
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Wolfgang Köberer <koeberer@navigationsgeschichte.de> wrote:
John,Wagner couldn't, of course, he was dead before Morison wrote on that :).But no: he takes Columbus writings at face value and only discusses the sources of his errors. He denies the claim that Vespucci measured lunar distances, though, and argues that this claim was made much later and that the letters in which they are described must be considered as later forgeries (and his is not the only one claiming this).Wolfgang
