Posted by David Shelton on November 11, 2004 at 07:57:15 from 149.170.39.35 user DavidShelton.
In Reply to: Re: Nauticalia posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 09, 2004 at 17:55:05:
I thought the whole point about Columbus was he thought he was in East Asia which shows how bad his Nav was, sextant or no sextant!
Makes him the first unpretentious sailor, I think.