From owner-discovery@win.tue.nl Mon Nov 8 12:18:50 1999 Received: from majordom@svin12 [131.155.71.135] by svfile1.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id MAA17401 (ESMTP). Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:18:44 +0100 (MET) Received: from majordom@localhost by svin12.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for discovery-list id LAA19892. Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:38:09 +0100 (MET) Received: from thorium.uunet.be [194.7.15.88] by svin12.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id LAA19880 (ESMTP). Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:37:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from pub00721 (pool056-194-7-42-107.uunet.be [194.7.42.107]) by thorium.uunet.be (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA22602; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:37:22 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <000701bf29d5$48cb0220$6b2a07c2@pub00721> From: "Johan Deckers" To: "maphist" , "discoverylist" Subject: [EXP] books and travellers Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:36:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-discovery@win.tue.nl Precedence: bulk Reply-To: discovery@win.tue.nl Status: RO Being a booklover and interested in the history of exploration and explorers, I'd like to know what kind of books explorers and travellers had with them on their ships, or in their luggage.... I suppose they had maps and earlier descriptions of voyages to consult. It seems that some Victorian travellers had a complete library with them. Johan Deckers From owner-maphist@harvarda.harvard.edu Tue Nov 9 00:19:55 1999 Received: from root@svis01 [131.155.70.161] by svfile1.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id AAA10526 (ESMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:19:54 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv-mail.surfnet.nl [192.87.5.141] by svis01.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id AAA12743 (ESMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:19:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv-mail (listserv-mail.surfnet.nl) by listserv-mail.surfnet.nl (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.00F24B5D@listserv-mail.surfnet.nl>; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 0:23:40 +0100 Received: from HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 0333 for MAPHIST@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:19:19 -0500 Received: from HARVARDA by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 1664; Mon, 08 Nov 99 18:08:55 EST Received: from shazam.harvard.edu [128.103.149.58] by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (IBM VM SMTP Level 310) via TCP with SMTP ; Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:08:54 EST Received: from hotmail.com (f68.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.68]) by shazam.harvard.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA26256 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 18:11:55 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 56548 invoked by uid 0); 8 Nov 1999 23:08:35 -0000 Received: from 209.179.217.62 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Mon, 08 Nov 1999 15:08:35 PST X-Originating-IP: [209.179.217.62] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <19991108230835.56547.qmail@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:08:35 PST Reply-To: Map History Discussion List Sender: Map History Discussion List From: Gregory McIntosh Subject: Re: [EXP] books and travellers Comments: To: discovery@win.tue.nl To: Multiple recipients of list MAPHIST Status: RO Henry Hudson, in the seventeenth century, took along a translation of Ivar Bardarsen's Description of Greenland, from the fourteenth century. And it's not unlikely that Columbus had a copy of Marco Polo on at least his first voyage. Greg McIntosh ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From owner-discovery@win.tue.nl Tue Nov 9 00:45:30 1999 Received: from majordom@svin12 [131.155.71.135] by svfile1.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id AAA11025 (ESMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:45:21 +0100 (MET) Received: from majordom@localhost by svin12.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for discovery-list id AAA26776. Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:09:41 +0100 (MET) Received: from f68.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.68] by svin12.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id AAA26772 (SMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:09:09 +0100 (MET) Received: (qmail 56548 invoked by uid 0); 8 Nov 1999 23:08:35 -0000 Message-ID: <19991108230835.56547.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.179.217.62 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Mon, 08 Nov 1999 15:08:35 PST X-Originating-IP: [209.179.217.62] From: "Gregory McIntosh" To: discovery@win.tue.nl, maphist@harvarda.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [EXP] books and travellers Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 15:08:35 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-discovery@win.tue.nl Precedence: bulk Reply-To: discovery@win.tue.nl Status: RO Henry Hudson, in the seventeenth century, took along a translation of Ivar Bardarsen's Description of Greenland, from the fourteenth century. And it's not unlikely that Columbus had a copy of Marco Polo on at least his first voyage. Greg McIntosh ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From owner-maphist@harvarda.harvard.edu Tue Nov 9 04:54:39 1999 Received: from root@svin12 [131.155.71.135] by svfile1.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id EAA15081 (ESMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 04:54:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv-mail.surfnet.nl [192.87.5.141] by svin12.win.tue.nl (8.8.7) for id EAA28367 (ESMTP). Tue, 9 Nov 1999 04:54:21 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv-mail (listserv-mail.surfnet.nl) by listserv-mail.surfnet.nl (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.00F26287@listserv-mail.surfnet.nl>; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 4:58:23 +0100 Received: from HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 0347 for MAPHIST@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:54:01 -0500 Received: from HARVARDA by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 2267; Mon, 08 Nov 99 22:53:10 EST Received: from shazam.harvard.edu [128.103.149.58] by HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (IBM VM SMTP Level 310) via TCP with SMTP ; Mon, 08 Nov 1999 22:53:10 EST Received: from spdmgaaa.compuserve.com (ds-img-1.compuserve.com [149.174.206.134]) by shazam.harvard.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA00671 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:56:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spdmgaaa.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.7) id WAA13214 for MAPHIST@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:52:31 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <199911082252_MC2-8C3D-6DCA@compuserve.com> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:52:01 -0500 Reply-To: Map History Discussion List Sender: Map History Discussion List From: rstachurski Subject: Re: [EXP] books and travellers To: Multiple recipients of list MAPHIST Status: RO Improving technology also had an influence on the written material carrie= d by explorers. Lewis and Clark, for example, consulted latitude tables in= the Nautical Almanac which was published by the British Admiralty beginni= ng in 1767. = Richard Stachurski =