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Old 25-05-2009, 05:10 PM
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Thanks Al,
Your second link suggests that the observations were in fact made by the Dutch on their voyages to East India. Perhaps Royer just re-worked their sky-maps.
Interesting too that the article suggests that the ancient Greeks also knew Crux, but going back a couple of thousands years Crux may well have been visible further north. I'll check it out.
Robert
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