One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
Your scribe is busy at work watching the Transit of Venus on line (NASA web site)....like everyone else in town I think. Whilst HRH Elizabeth II had hundreds of millions of viewers watching her fantastic Diamond Jubilee celebrations over the past four days the Transit will actually be seen by just as many people on line and probably through welding masks around the world.
The Transit of Venus was of course the reason Captain James Cook headed down south to the Antipodes on three of his most famous voyages. His mission was to seek the great southern lands and to monitor the Transit of Venus for the Royal Astronomy Society. At that time in navigation circles we all knew where we were in relation to Latitude but Longitude was the problem.
Coordinating measurements and observing the Transit of Venus from the southern hemisphere meant that the giant minds of the Society could trigonometrically calculate lines of Longitude. Fascinating stuff that would change the worlds of cartography and navigation for ever.
Your scribe loves nothing better than a good biography and as mentioned in dispatches previously Presidents of the USA and Napoleon are but a few of his favourite subjects. Another is Captain James Cook. A fascinating fellow that is still today recognised as one of the world's greatest cartographers and observer of the Transit of Venus. Some of his original maps for the Canadian northern coasts and large lakes are still the only known maps that are still used to this day.
One of your scribes favourite editions is Tony Horwitz book 'Blue Latitudes....Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before". Its a good fun read and traces the three journeys by Captain Cook to the Southern Hemisphere.
Today's links are gold plate coil and were found in an antique market. I bought them just as the market was closing for the day and it must have been a tough wet and windy day for the stallholders as these were procured for a bargain. They invoke somehow the beauty of the Transit of Venus and are worn today with a white cotton Brooks Brothers shirt and a red Chanel silk neck tie with crescent moon motifs.
Back to the welding mask to watch the Transit and I look forward to seeing it all with you again in 2,217.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
Your scribe is busy at work watching the Transit of Venus on line (NASA web site)....like everyone else in town I think. Whilst HRH Elizabeth II had hundreds of millions of viewers watching her fantastic Diamond Jubilee celebrations over the past four days the Transit will actually be seen by just as many people on line and probably through welding masks around the world.
The Transit of Venus was of course the reason Captain James Cook headed down south to the Antipodes on three of his most famous voyages. His mission was to seek the great southern lands and to monitor the Transit of Venus for the Royal Astronomy Society. At that time in navigation circles we all knew where we were in relation to Latitude but Longitude was the problem.
Coordinating measurements and observing the Transit of Venus from the southern hemisphere meant that the giant minds of the Society could trigonometrically calculate lines of Longitude. Fascinating stuff that would change the worlds of cartography and navigation for ever.
Your scribe loves nothing better than a good biography and as mentioned in dispatches previously Presidents of the USA and Napoleon are but a few of his favourite subjects. Another is Captain James Cook. A fascinating fellow that is still today recognised as one of the world's greatest cartographers and observer of the Transit of Venus. Some of his original maps for the Canadian northern coasts and large lakes are still the only known maps that are still used to this day.
One of your scribes favourite editions is Tony Horwitz book 'Blue Latitudes....Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before". Its a good fun read and traces the three journeys by Captain Cook to the Southern Hemisphere.
Today's links are gold plate coil and were found in an antique market. I bought them just as the market was closing for the day and it must have been a tough wet and windy day for the stallholders as these were procured for a bargain. They invoke somehow the beauty of the Transit of Venus and are worn today with a white cotton Brooks Brothers shirt and a red Chanel silk neck tie with crescent moon motifs.
Back to the welding mask to watch the Transit and I look forward to seeing it all with you again in 2,217.
Til Later
ONWARD
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