[MapHist] Digitizing old voyage logs

[Duane Marble]

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Scientists hope weather data from 18th Century ships' logbooks will throw new light on how the climate has changed in the past 200 years. A new UK project is digitising nearly 300 Royal Navy captains' logs from voyages dating back to the 1760s. They include the voyages of Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle, Captain Cook's log from HMS Discovery and Captain Bligh's journal from The Bounty. The logbooks will be available on the National Archives website next year. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8291267.stm -- Dr. Duane F. Marble Email: dmarble at OregonFast.net 2226 Primrose Lane Telephone: 541.902.8837 Florence, OR 97439 Cell: 541.991.1730 Emeritus Professor of Geography -- The Ohio State University Courtesy Professor of Geosciences -- Oregon State University "Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight." - Arthur C. Clarke

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