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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
During the early days of their conquests of Central and South America, Spanish solders often had to travel long distances through strange, uncharted country, Sometimes they traveled at night. They developed an excellent method of ensuring that they could always find their way back to their base. How?
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JohnDoh New user 85 Posts |
Trails of bread?
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
Good guess! But no.
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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
No one in their base ever bathed?
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Antz Regular user 120 Posts |
Followed the coast-line?
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Wolflock Inner circle South Africa 2257 Posts |
Follow the stars.
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el toro Veteran user Across the atlantic 325 Posts |
GPS ?
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
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On 2005-01-26 21:47, The Mighty Fool wrote: No! Posted: Jan 28, 2005 6:14am --------------------------------------------------------- Quote: --------------------------------------------------------- On 2005-01-26 21:55, Antz wrote: Followed the coast-line? -------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry. Posted: Jan 28, 2005 6:15am ------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: ------------------------------------------------------------- On 2005-01-27 03:46, Wolflock wrote: Follow the stars. ------------------------------------------------------------- Negatory on that. Posted: Jan 28, 2005 6:15am ------------------------------------------------------------ Quote: ------------------------------------------------------------ On 2005-01-28 03:33, el toro wrote: GPS ? ------------------------------------------------------------ LOL!! No!
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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
Was their base at the lowest point in the region? So all they had to do was keep going down hill & theyd hit it sooner or later...OR
Was the base on top of a mountain which was visible from anywhere?
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zur Special user California 671 Posts |
Foot prints and the direction of the stars.
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On 2005-01-28 14:49, The Mighty Fool wrote: No on both counts. Posted: Jan 29, 2005 9:01am ----------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: ----------------------------------------------------------------- On 2005-01-29 02:05, zur wrote: Foot prints and the direction of the stars. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. Their method was much more creative and original than that. Although that was a good guess.
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts |
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On 2005-01-26 20:48, JohnDoh wrote: I use to do this to not get loss, but birds always came down and ate the bread.... so now I poison the bread and follow the trail of dead birds. Greg
One of my favorite quotes: "A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
Ha! That's sick! (LOL)
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flobiwan Regular user 165 Posts |
They left a trail of seeds and followed the newly-grown plants back.
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zur Special user California 671 Posts |
They used the camels markings.
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