Good morning again Roger. You asked "I have learned a lesson on whom we should trust as a data source. Wiki or the CIA?"
The answer is obvious! Neither. Trust WikiLeaks, after all several governments are embarrassed about having their pants down around their ankles. More seriously, each nation usually has some sort of official description of its national symbols (see the Australian example in my earlier post). I'd be surprised if Brazil didn't also have such a site. All we need is for someone who reads Brazilian Portuguese to find it and translate it for us. Cheers, John John Pickard [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Bailey To: Frank King Cc: Sundial Mailing List Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 5:18 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [Flags] (pt) Canedo Commune (Ribeira de Pena Municipality,Portugal) Yes, the armillary sphere was more prominent on historical flags of Brazil. The white band, the ecliptic ring, is all that remains of the armillary. My concerns on the misrepresentation of the armillary on the Portuguese flag were based on the image in my presentation from this data source, the CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html . In this image, the sections of the rings do not lie up and sections of the tropical rings are missing. Other images on the internet show clearly show the Manueline Armillary behind the crest. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg Only the lower front right section of the tropic of Capricorn is missing. I have learned a lesson on whom we should trust as a data source. Wiki or the CIA? Regards, Roger
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