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Re: VE itineraries

From: Walter J Miller <wjm2~at~nyu.edu>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 05:45:16 -0700
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Ron, I have your signed copy #30 and I'll lend it to Sean if I get
instructions how to get it to him. Walter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Miller" <rmiller~at~crosslink.net>
Date: Friday, July 6, 2001 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: VE itineraries

> I might refer you to the maps in the book I published a few years
> ago (just a small, privately-published thing just for my fellow
> Verniana), "Extraordinary Voyages". It's an atlas of the routes
> Verne's characters take in all of his books and the course of the
> Nautilus is traced with meticulous detail (I was even able to
> locate
> Crespo Island--usually assumed to be an invention of Verne's
> imagination--in a few 19th century atlases). I don't have any
> other
> copies of the book (there were only 50), but I could probably make
> photocopies of the maps (unless there is someone who'd care to
> loan you a copy of the atlas).
>
> Ron
>
> > Funny, I just finished yesterday a three-week project going through
> > 20K in which I pulled out the positions of Nautilus at various
> points> in the journey.
> >
> > I used Miller/Walter's text and, according to them, these positions
> > are relative to the Paris Meridian except as noted. I have not
> > converted them to standard Greenwich-based meridians but that's my
> > next task.
> >
> > Most of the positions are ones taken by Nemo or the first mate at
> > their noon-time reckoning. Some are estimates based on nearby
> > locations described in the text by position but not exact
> positions of
> > the submarine.
> >
> > I also want to fill in gaps where Verne did not provide coordinates
> > but did provide placenames.
> >
> > I have not plotted these or checked these carefully but will
> once I've
> > converted them.
> >
> > In any case, below you will find my preliminary data. Feel free
> to use
> > them in any way.
> >
> > Your map is terrific! I'm more than happy to supply as much data as
> > you need to get 20K up there as my 300 students next semester would
> > find your map invaluable.
> >
> > Any chance of doing waypoints, i.e. plotting part of the journey
> at a
> > time to follow the Nautilus as it moves through the novel?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > Positions for Nautilus in 20K Under the Sea
> >
> > Position #1: START, 30º 7' N, 137º 15' W of the Paris meridian
> > Position #2: 32º 40'N, 167º 50' W (of the Paris meridian)
> > Position #3, 23.27º N, 172º W
> > Position #4 0º, 142º W
> > Position #5: 8º 57' S, 139º 32' W.
> > Position #6: 16º 4' S, 164º 32' E
> > Position#7: 135º-122º E along the 10º N to 105ºE, 15ºS.
> > Position #8: 94º 35' E, 12º 5' S (6000 leagues traveled)
> > Position #9: Ceylon Island, between 5º 55' and 9º 49' N and 79º 42'
> > and 82º 4' East of the Greenwich Meridian Position #10: between 10º
> > and 14º 30' N and 50º 72' and 69º E. Position #11: latitude 21º 30'N
> > in the Red Sea Position #12: 16º 17' W and 33º 22' N (Atlantis)
> > Position #13: 45º 37' S , 37º 53W (Sargasso Sea) Position #14:
> 51º 30'
> > W, 67º 39' S Position #15: South Pole, 0º latitude Position #16:
> > between latitudes 53º and 56º S, 67º 50' and 77º 15' W Position #17:
> > 47º 24' N and Longitude 17º 28' E Position #18: North from the
> English> Channel to Lofoten, Norway, 68º 30'N, 15º E
> >
> >
> > W. Sean Chamberlin, PhD
> > Online Coordinato> Fullerton College
> > drc~at~oceansonline.com
> > www.oceansonline.com
> >
>
>
>
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