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Magellanic Survey Of 1789
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Chronology and Personnel
The expedition was spearheaded by Captain Alistair Magellan (no relation to the earlier circumnavigator), a former naval cartographer known for his rigorous, if eccentric, observational methods. The expedition comprised three main divisions: the Terrestrial Measurement Group (TMG), the [Atmospheric Sublimation Unit (ASU)](/entries/atmospheric-sublimation-unit-a… -
Magellanic Survey Of 1789
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| TMG | Lt. Silas Thorne | Calibrated Bronze Chains (Mk. II) | 34 months |
| ASU | Dr. Elara Finch | Amethystine Mercury Barometers | 37 months |
| CCT | Prof. Hector Vane | Synchronized Chronometers (Type $\Delta$) | 39 months |
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Magellanic Survey Of 1789
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Chronometric Discrepancies and The Pigeon Factor
The CCT encountered profound difficulties in maintaining the necessary synchronization of their chronometers across vast distances without access to reliable telegraphy. Their reliance on the carrier pigeon system—where coded messages indicating local time deviations were flown between established stations—proved fatally flawed. The [CCT](/entries/chron…