07-03-2019, 08:35 PM
In a way, we're on parallel tracks.
A rutter is, in a sense, the mariner's version of an "itinerary" (which is what they call written instructions for a foot journey in those days). I spent a lot of time reading itineraries because I thought there might be something there that related to the VMS text (I still think it's possible).
Whether it's one or the other doesn't even matter, in a way, since the evidence would slowly add up to some of the same kinds of information (distances, directions, stopping points, etc.), so this is pretty cool, actually.
A rutter is, in a sense, the mariner's version of an "itinerary" (which is what they call written instructions for a foot journey in those days). I spent a lot of time reading itineraries because I thought there might be something there that related to the VMS text (I still think it's possible).
Whether it's one or the other doesn't even matter, in a way, since the evidence would slowly add up to some of the same kinds of information (distances, directions, stopping points, etc.), so this is pretty cool, actually.