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Re: borrowing a chart
From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 2001 Nov 05, 10:13 AM
From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 2001 Nov 05, 10:13 AM
George, Harping back to the replication of the Endeavour voyage - does this talk have anything to do with it ? Aubrey. At 09:54 05/11/01, you wrote: >I am searching for a chart to illustrate a talk which is being given here >in Oxford on 12 November. The talk is about a sailing-vessel passage >between Queensland and Java. > >I see from a VERY old Admiralty chart catalogue that this area was then >conveniently covered in a single chart, 2759A. This may or may not be still >the case. > >For our purposes, it doesn't matter whether the chart is old, out-of-date, >cancelled, scribbled over, or whatever. > >We (White Horse Cruising Club) would undertake to return the chart and >recompense postage. > >Because of the short timescale, we are looking for a UK owner for the >chart, or possibly someone from the EU, but no further afield. > >Any offers? > >Yours, George. > > >------------------------------ > >george@huxtable.u-net.com >George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. >Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. >------------------------------
