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Re: The "Peralta" Stone Maps --- On Their Own
Whoa, rein in your mules there a moment amigo, BB did say "out of sight of land" and that is a huge no-no for me. I am a land-lubber, don't mind getting onto the water at all, but not out of sight of land. Once you are out of sight of land, should your ship sink, which direction should you swim?
Sorry but I can't see how sea-going navigation skills (or lack thereof) has anything to do with Jacob Waltz and his gold mine. Are we saying that Waltz used a sextant to locate his mine? Or navigated by the stars to get back and forth? This line of theory just doesn't seem to match up with the known history of Waltz, or Weiser for that matter.
Signed "mystified"
Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp said:K BB, send me, or oro, a good sextant, accurate chronometer adj. to zero Greenwich, a hack watch, present tables, and a full pot of coffee for Oro and I, and I will plot your lat., Long., for you. Incidentally, which celestial body do you wish me to use?
Don Jose de La Mancha
Whoa, rein in your mules there a moment amigo, BB did say "out of sight of land" and that is a huge no-no for me. I am a land-lubber, don't mind getting onto the water at all, but not out of sight of land. Once you are out of sight of land, should your ship sink, which direction should you swim?
Sorry but I can't see how sea-going navigation skills (or lack thereof) has anything to do with Jacob Waltz and his gold mine. Are we saying that Waltz used a sextant to locate his mine? Or navigated by the stars to get back and forth? This line of theory just doesn't seem to match up with the known history of Waltz, or Weiser for that matter.
Signed "mystified"