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09-07-2019, 05:31 AM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2019 05:51 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Yes, he was a German.

(09-07-2019 05:07 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Was he an author who had written books that Lincoln read?
Forgot - Lincoln once was into the same field. And without this German y'all wouldn't be what you are...
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09-07-2019, 06:01 AM
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Was he a surveyor?
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09-07-2019, 06:09 AM
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You are on the right track, Roger. Although he himself was not a surveyor. I suggest to re-consider all my comments...put them together.... (I shall give a hint on the name later.)
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09-07-2019, 07:45 AM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2019 07:56 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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To summarize some keywords: book - surveying field - basic trivia - applying to almost all of you - long before Lincoln...
The gentleman's name literally translates to "Woodlakemiller"....
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09-07-2019, 07:59 AM
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Eva. Was his name something like "Waldseemueller?" I really don't know who this person is. I am just translating what you have given here.
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09-07-2019, 08:09 AM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2019 08:10 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Well done, Roger, his name was Waldseemüller. Now, what did he do or what was his contribution to the "story"?
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09-07-2019, 08:49 AM
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(09-07-2019 07:45 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  applying to almost all of you - long before Lincoln...

Does it have anything to do with the USA during the colonial period?
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09-07-2019, 11:12 AM
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He did something decisive in 1507!
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09-07-2019, 11:50 AM
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(09-07-2019 11:12 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  He did something decisive in 1507!

I can't remember the year or the details of establishing the Line of Demarcation, but does it have something to do with settling that issue between Spain and Portugal?
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09-07-2019, 11:52 AM
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(09-07-2019 12:59 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  
(04-21-2019 05:49 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  ...and here on the battle:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...urg_(1864)

During the battle, over forty Confederate sailors were killed in action or drowned. Another seventy or so were picked up by Kearsarge. Thirty or so were rescued by Deerhound, a British yacht, which Captain Winslow asked to help evacuate Alabama's crew, and three French pilot boats. Captain Semmes and fourteen of his officers were among the sailors rescued by Deerhound. Instead of delivering the captured Confederates to Kearsarge, Deerhound set a course for Southampton, thus enabling Captain Semmes' escape. This act severely angered Kearsarge's crew, who begged their captain to allow them to open fire on the British yacht. Captain Winslow would not allow this, so the Confederates got away and avoided imprisonment. Three men were wounded aboard the United States' vessel, one of whom died the following day.

I wonder if President Lincoln learned about the Deerhound incident and then congratulated Captain Winslow on his decision.

For those who live near or visit Philadelphia and New York, you may be interested in seeing the paintings:

Édouard Manet produced two paintings of the fight, The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama, now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Kearsarge at Boulogne, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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09-07-2019, 12:12 PM
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Roger - Is there some way of stopping unrelated topics from sneaking into ongoing trivia guesses until the trivia is answered correctly. An example of this is right here with an insert of a topic from five months ago interrupting "the flow" of Eva's current quiz. It took my aging brain a few seconds to figure out why we went from a 1507 question to details on an American Civil War naval battle.
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09-07-2019, 01:14 PM
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(09-07-2019 12:12 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Roger - Is there some way of stopping unrelated topics from sneaking into ongoing trivia guesses until the trivia is answered correctly. An example of this is right here with an insert of a topic from five months ago interrupting "the flow" of Eva's current quiz.

I am curious, too. David, please stick to the current topic. The question we are presently working on is here. Thanks, David.
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09-07-2019, 02:48 PM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2019 02:49 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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(09-07-2019 11:50 AM)L Verge Wrote:  
(09-07-2019 11:12 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  He did something decisive in 1507!

I can't remember the year or the details of establishing the Line of Demarcation, but does it have something to do with settling that issue between Spain and Portugal?
Demarcation is HOT - but he was not involved into any politics.

Next hint: Think of what you are (and I am not...)!
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09-07-2019, 04:05 PM
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(09-07-2019 02:48 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  
(09-07-2019 11:50 AM)L Verge Wrote:  
(09-07-2019 11:12 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  He did something decisive in 1507!

I can't remember the year or the details of establishing the Line of Demarcation, but does it have something to do with settling that issue between Spain and Portugal?
Demarcation is HOT - but he was not involved into any politics.

Next hint: Think of what you are (and I am not...)!

I am American and you are European -- New World vs. Old World in 1507? Something to do with Columbus's (now disputed) discovery of the New World 15 years earlier?
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09-07-2019, 04:36 PM (This post was last modified: 09-07-2019 04:36 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Hot and HOTTER!

OK, why are you American?
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