By the time I found that one I was in the Straits of Magellan for the second time. Still a fun read with lots of forehead smacks.marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:37 amI think there was a companion volume, explaining some things about the era.OpanaPointer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:40 am For a small town boy in Indiana Hornblower was a bit of a challenge, but I plunged through all those nautical crises he managed. Nearly wore out two librarians chasing information not available in a library serving a town of ~7,000 Hoosier hicks.
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Uffff, rough waters! Did you cross the Strait or the Drake Passage?OpanaPointer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:44 am
By the time I found that one I was in the Straits of Magellan for the second time. Still a fun read with lots of forehead smacks.
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We went through, I'm not a navigator so I just enjoyed the view. There's one point where a mountain sloped down toward the Strait but drops off abruptly. One the other side of the Strait a hill rises sharply out of the water and slopes on South. If you mentally put them together you realize the tip of South America used to be OVER THERE. The sound that must have made as the end of South America broke off is hard to imagine.marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:03 amUffff, rough waters! Did you cross the Strait or the Drake Passage?OpanaPointer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:44 am
By the time I found that one I was in the Straits of Magellan for the second time. Still a fun read with lots of forehead smacks.
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I'd like to, but I the cheapest I can find that four-volume beast is about £500!Byron Angel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:01 pm Check out “The 74 Gun Ship” by Jean Boudriot ..........
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Buy two and send me one, please.
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Hi AT,AThompson wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:57 amI'd like to, but I the cheapest I can find that four-volume beast is about £500!Byron Angel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:01 pm Check out “The 74 Gun Ship” by Jean Boudriot ..........
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My wife bought this set for me forty years ago for Xmas. I married well. The set is well worth the money; the depth of data and detail in this set is (I do not exaggerate here) beyond belief.
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Greetings.
In addition to the clever use of pulleys, I suspect that they may have used counterweights to help with the lifting of cargo and the like.
Cheers, Michael L.
In addition to the clever use of pulleys, I suspect that they may have used counterweights to help with the lifting of cargo and the like.
Cheers, Michael L.