[MapHist] Historical latitude shift

2011-08-04 Thread Tom Ikins
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Since the rotational axis of the earth has changed with time, but I have no idea if there is any history of it in terms of the

Re: [MapHist] Historical latitude shift

2011-08-04 Thread Vladimiro Valerio
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Tom, interesting and intriguing questions. As far as it is in my knowledge, astronomers at the Aragonese court in Naples

Re: [MapHist] Historical latitude shift

2011-08-04 Thread Tom Ikins
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Apologies, I just realized my error: The lines of latitude derived from the British section of the Ravenna Cosmography are south