Re: 20160920 Magellan Space City Designer Planet Simulation
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:08 pm
Re: 20160920 Magellan Space City Designer Planet Simulation
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On this day in 1520, the Magellan Expedition continued a wait for favorable weather at Puerto San Julian.
The voyage of exploration resumed on August 24, so there were three months of Southern wintry weather to endure.
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Google provides a "Quick Fact" about the port where the expedition spent the next three months:
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Puerto San Julián is a natural harbour in Patagonia in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina located at 49°18′S 67°43′W. In the days of sailing ships it formed a stopping point, 180 km south of Puerto Deseado.Wikipedia
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I wondered what the weather might have been like in Magellan's time. It is likely that the expedition log books would have recorded the conditions that the crew endured during the layover, but assuming the weather is comparable today to what it was then, we have this report, from https://www.windfinder.com/webcams/puerto_san_julian
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Wind and weather webcams
Puerto San Julián
Maps
13mph West-Northwest
43°F
Overcast
Data based on our forecast model SUNRISE
9:18 SUNSET
17:40 LOCAL TIME
11:53 am (UTC -3) ELEVATION 62 m
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Antonio Pigafetta reported about this period, on page 12 of Reference #1
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We passed two months there without seeing any people.
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According to Wikipedia, the Tehuelche people had a history of over 14,500 years in the region.
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The Tehuelche people have a history of over 14,500 years in the region, based on archeological findings.[7] Their pre-Columbian history is divided in three main stages: a stage with highly-sized rock tools, a stage where the use of boleadoras prevailed over the peaked projectiles, and a third one of highly complex rock tools, each one with a specific purpose.[8] The nomadic lifestyle of Tehuelches left scarce archeological evidence of their past.[9]
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20170605 Reference #1 Page lx
On this day in 1520, the Magellan Expedition continued a wait for favorable weather at Puerto San Julian.
The voyage of exploration resumed on August 24, so there were three months of Southern wintry weather to endure.
***
Google provides a "Quick Fact" about the port where the expedition spent the next three months:
Begin Quotation:
Puerto San Julián is a natural harbour in Patagonia in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina located at 49°18′S 67°43′W. In the days of sailing ships it formed a stopping point, 180 km south of Puerto Deseado.Wikipedia
End Quotation.
I wondered what the weather might have been like in Magellan's time. It is likely that the expedition log books would have recorded the conditions that the crew endured during the layover, but assuming the weather is comparable today to what it was then, we have this report, from https://www.windfinder.com/webcams/puerto_san_julian
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Wind and weather webcams
Puerto San Julián
Maps
13mph West-Northwest
43°F
Overcast
Data based on our forecast model SUNRISE
9:18 SUNSET
17:40 LOCAL TIME
11:53 am (UTC -3) ELEVATION 62 m
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Antonio Pigafetta reported about this period, on page 12 of Reference #1
Begin Quotation:
We passed two months there without seeing any people.
End Quotation.
According to Wikipedia, the Tehuelche people had a history of over 14,500 years in the region.
Begin Quotation:
The Tehuelche people have a history of over 14,500 years in the region, based on archeological findings.[7] Their pre-Columbian history is divided in three main stages: a stage with highly-sized rock tools, a stage where the use of boleadoras prevailed over the peaked projectiles, and a third one of highly complex rock tools, each one with a specific purpose.[8] The nomadic lifestyle of Tehuelches left scarce archeological evidence of their past.[9]
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