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Re: William Bligh's navigation and mapping
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2016 Aug 11, 19:29 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2016 Aug 11, 19:29 -0400
Re: Moore's Practical Navigatorr
Many sailing directions and nautical tomes from the era had a list of important ports and their coordinates. Bligh's purported memory may have been nothing more than a table lookup
On Aug 10, 2016 9:35 PM, "Don Seltzer" <NoReply_Seltzer@fer3.com> wrote:
After his return to England, Bligh was less than candid about a few details. He had a Ramsden sextant and Mr Fryer a sextant. They also had a watch and a copy of Moore's Practical Navigator.Don SeltzerI do seem to remember reading that Bligh had an octant, no charts, and no watch. He had memorized important latitudes which allowed for latitude sailing.
Greg Rudzinski
