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Such a lovely valentine’s story, it brought tears to my eyes 🥰
Apologies for being totally off the timeline, I am new to this forum, and am making my way through old posts to educate myself, there is so much to learn 😊
Moving away from metaphors today and turning our eyes back to the sky for celestial navigation
Stars have been used as navigational tools since ancient times by mariners and explorers. Some of you know that exploration is one of my collecting and favorite themes, so I do have a few examples to showcase.
Early forms of celestial navigation can be traced back to Phoenicians and Polynesians. Centuries before European explorers, ancient Polynesians settled the Pacific islands through the art of wayfinding, a highly sophisticated navigation system based on observations of the stars, the swells, the flight patterns of sea birds and other natural signs. This started between about 3000 and 1000 BC. The primary voyaging craft was the double-hulled canoe, which could accommodate about two dozen people.
It is believed New Zealand was one of the last largest landmasses settled when eastern Polynesians reached it in the 13th century.
To design Kawa Ora, Te Rangitu Netana, a Maori tattoo artist, took inspiration from the Maori culture. The central circle represents a giant octopus, symbol of navigation, and its tentacles, the eight directions of the Maori compass.
According to this site, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/2222/maori-star-compass, the Maori star compass (called Te kapehu whetū) divides the 360 degrees around a canoe in the open ocean into different houses. The location of these houses depends on where the sun, moon and stars set and rise. The navigator attempts to keep the canoe on a course relative to these observations.
In the Mediterranean, a passage in Homer’s Odyssey is considered one of the earliest known accounts of using celestial navigation. Odysseus uses the stars to navigate, specifically referencing the Pleiades, Boötes, and the Bear (Ursa Major) to escape Calypso’s Island.
Pytheas of Massilia or Marseille was a Greek scientist in the 4th century BC. A skilled navigator and astronomer, he traveled to the British Isles and an island he called “Thule” thought to be Iceland. Like the mariners of his time, Pytheas most certainly used a sundial to measure the length of shadows cast by the sun and determine his latitude. As he ventured north, he also likely observed circumpolar stars, stars that never set below the horizon due to their proximity with the pole. His contributions to scientific knowledge related to the sky were varied. He was the first person to describe the midnight sun. He also connected the lunar phases to the tides. Pytheas determined that contrary to the belief at the time, the brightest star near the North Pole was not precisely at the pole itself.
Pytheas' accounts have been the subject of significant debate over the centuries but today his voyage is considered a significant achievement in ancient exploration. He is certainly a hero of his hometown Marseille, with his statue on the facade of the Palais de la Bourse.
And as you know, Hermès released Le voyage de Pythéas, a favorite scarf for many, to celebrate Marseille as the 2013 European Capital of Culture.
Among the celestial navigation tools, the astrolabe is an astronomical instrument used from around the 6th century to measure time and position by determining the altitude of the sun and certain stars. It is also the name of one of the ill-fated boats during Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse’s expeditions, featured in Per astra ad astra.
I cannot end this part on stars and navigation without Shackleton’s Endurance expedition to cross Antarctica. Sir Ernest is a celebrated hero, having won the fight for survival of his entire crew after the Endurance was trapped then crushed by pack ice in 1915, and the entire crew stranded on the frozen Weddell Sea for a total of 20 months. It has also now become obvious that their fate would have been different without the masterful navigation skills of Captain Frank Worsley.
https://thecurrentga.org/2022/03/11...gifted-navigator-knew-how-to-stay-the-course/
When the main boat the Endurance appeared definitely lost, Shackleton decided that the only way of survival was to get some help using one of the accompanying tiny boats, the James Caird. Quoting:
“Worsley, Shackleton and four other men set off under sail in the 22.5-foot James Caird, carrying Worsley’s chronometer, navigational books and two sextants, used for fixing the position of the Sun and stars. They were facing high winds, massive currents and choppy waters …and the success of this voyage depended on Worsley’s absolute accuracy. They spent 16 days of "supreme strife amid heaving waters" experienced “mountainous” swells, rain, snow, sleet and hail. During that time, Worsley was able to get just four solid fixeson the boat’s position. The rest was "a merry jest of guesswork" to determine where the wind and waves had taken them, and adjusting the steering accordingly. The stakes were enormous – if he missed South Georgia, the next land was South Africa, 3,000 miles farther across more open ocean.”
So Hommage à Frank Worsley, his celestial navigational skills, and undoubtedly his lucky star.
Stars have been used as navigational tools since ancient times by mariners and explorers. Some of you know that exploration is one of my collecting and favorite themes, so I do have a few examples to showcase.
Early forms of celestial navigation can be traced back to Phoenicians and Polynesians. Centuries before European explorers, ancient Polynesians settled the Pacific islands through the art of wayfinding, a highly sophisticated navigation system based on observations of the stars, the swells, the flight patterns of sea birds and other natural signs. This started between about 3000 and 1000 BC. The primary voyaging craft was the double-hulled canoe, which could accommodate about two dozen people.
It is believed New Zealand was one of the last largest landmasses settled when eastern Polynesians reached it in the 13th century.
To design Kawa Ora, Te Rangitu Netana, a Maori tattoo artist, took inspiration from the Maori culture. The central circle represents a giant octopus, symbol of navigation, and its tentacles, the eight directions of the Maori compass.
According to this site, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/2222/maori-star-compass, the Maori star compass (called Te kapehu whetū) divides the 360 degrees around a canoe in the open ocean into different houses. The location of these houses depends on where the sun, moon and stars set and rise. The navigator attempts to keep the canoe on a course relative to these observations.
In the Mediterranean, a passage in Homer’s Odyssey is considered one of the earliest known accounts of using celestial navigation. Odysseus uses the stars to navigate, specifically referencing the Pleiades, Boötes, and the Bear (Ursa Major) to escape Calypso’s Island.
Pytheas of Massilia or Marseille was a Greek scientist in the 4th century BC. A skilled navigator and astronomer, he traveled to the British Isles and an island he called “Thule” thought to be Iceland. Like the mariners of his time, Pytheas most certainly used a sundial to measure the length of shadows cast by the sun and determine his latitude. As he ventured north, he also likely observed circumpolar stars, stars that never set below the horizon due to their proximity with the pole. His contributions to scientific knowledge related to the sky were varied. He was the first person to describe the midnight sun. He also connected the lunar phases to the tides. Pytheas determined that contrary to the belief at the time, the brightest star near the North Pole was not precisely at the pole itself.
Pytheas' accounts have been the subject of significant debate over the centuries but today his voyage is considered a significant achievement in ancient exploration. He is certainly a hero of his hometown Marseille, with his statue on the facade of the Palais de la Bourse.
And as you know, Hermès released Le voyage de Pythéas, a favorite scarf for many, to celebrate Marseille as the 2013 European Capital of Culture.
Among the celestial navigation tools, the astrolabe is an astronomical instrument used from around the 6th century to measure time and position by determining the altitude of the sun and certain stars. It is also the name of one of the ill-fated boats during Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse’s expeditions, featured in Per astra ad astra.
I cannot end this part on stars and navigation without Shackleton’s Endurance expedition to cross Antarctica. Sir Ernest is a celebrated hero, having won the fight for survival of his entire crew after the Endurance was trapped then crushed by pack ice in 1915, and the entire crew stranded on the frozen Weddell Sea for a total of 20 months. It has also now become obvious that their fate would have been different without the masterful navigation skills of Captain Frank Worsley.
https://thecurrentga.org/2022/03/11...gifted-navigator-knew-how-to-stay-the-course/
When the main boat the Endurance appeared definitely lost, Shackleton decided that the only way of survival was to get some help using one of the accompanying tiny boats, the James Caird. Quoting:
“Worsley, Shackleton and four other men set off under sail in the 22.5-foot James Caird, carrying Worsley’s chronometer, navigational books and two sextants, used for fixing the position of the Sun and stars. They were facing high winds, massive currents and choppy waters …and the success of this voyage depended on Worsley’s absolute accuracy. They spent 16 days of "supreme strife amid heaving waters" experienced “mountainous” swells, rain, snow, sleet and hail. During that time, Worsley was able to get just four solid fixeson the boat’s position. The rest was "a merry jest of guesswork" to determine where the wind and waves had taken them, and adjusting the steering accordingly. The stakes were enormous – if he missed South Georgia, the next land was South Africa, 3,000 miles farther across more open ocean.”
So Hommage à Frank Worsley, his celestial navigational skills, and undoubtedly his lucky star.
That mint Croquis is a beauty!
Thank you so much!Both are gorgeous, but I know that sometimes you need the Color!!
Wowwww!!! You were shooting for the stars, wishing on a lucky star, had stars in your eyes - and all the stars were in alignment!
Fabulous!
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It’s is beautiful! I also think of you both when I wear mine!
Gorgeous Croisette and that necklace is starry too!
Two spectacular scarves and very clever theme-wise as well! I just love the hem on SD!
What a happy riot of color! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you all for your kind words - I will pass them along! And thanks as well for agreeing to the theme change for next week!
Thank you for these wonderful and informative posts!!! 🤩
I had also pulled Per Astra out for this theme - but ad mine is bright red, is has a heavy x-mas vibe, your cw is lovely and cool for summertime!!
Good morning, again at a meeting abroad. SOTD is Esope, with its stars and moon on theme, and also fitting for the conference I am speaking as it deals with certain aspects of child health.
And forgot to take off the tag, need to do this when I’m back home.
And forgot to take off the tag, need to do this when I’m back home.
Morning everyone,
Today is a bit too hot for a scarf but received scarf mail and wanted to share. Also picked my dress first and is a bit harder to match a scarf 😂
My first of the 4 scarfs that complete the collection of Passage à… the Tokyo one in this green/blue color, want to get all 4 at some point, specially the Moscow one in the purple.
To stay in theme, my most starry silk is the Feux du Ciel.
Have a lovely day.
Today is a bit too hot for a scarf but received scarf mail and wanted to share. Also picked my dress first and is a bit harder to match a scarf 😂
My first of the 4 scarfs that complete the collection of Passage à… the Tokyo one in this green/blue color, want to get all 4 at some point, specially the Moscow one in the purple.
To stay in theme, my most starry silk is the Feux du Ciel.
Have a lovely day.
Hello,
Still travelling, without Stars but Birds!
Still travelling, without Stars but Birds!
Well, now that our theme is open to metaphor, I can safely move beyond stars that twinkle above us in the sky. They also shine on stage or screen! And we can thank our beloved H for beautiful examples of that as well, like this Grand Theatre Nouveau. Grateful to @cali_to_ny for the inspiration to pair this bright pastel shawl with a summer shirt. Twins with @Croisette7, if I correctly recall...
The star jacquard is fabulous, as are the colors of your Cosmos @Croisette7 and thank you for the kind remarks.
This is my favorite Esope @Agrume. I am delighted to be twins. What a great. outfit!
Oh, it is wonderful! Congratulations @Orange_addict -- acquiring all four De Passage scarves was my forst collecting "coup" as it were. It took me several years but it is doable! Good luck on the searches. This Feux du Ciel is perfect with your dress and totally on theme.
Safe travels! I hope you are having fun @darkstar66!
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I love this design and hope to find one sometime. I did not realize it is a 70cm.