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Re: The lost expedition of La Perouse
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 17:25 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Jun 8, 17:25 -0400
On Jun 8, 2005, at 1:05 PM, Marc Bernstein wrote: > I didn't realize sextants had been around so long. Of course we are not > talking about sextants as we know them today. > > They were as precise as modern instruments, to my understanding, and some may also have been remarkably accurate.