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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by simonebrunozzi on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:07AM (#28667920)
> Consequently, any voyage before 1761 knew its latitude exactly, but dead-reckoned its longitude.

Correct. This is key to understand most of the issues at play in these past events.

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