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  • Kalendarium (“Calendar”) by Regiomontanus
    calendar
    / Standard units and cycles

    …situation grew up among the Yami fishermen of Botel Tobago Island (Lan Yü, Taiwan). They use a calendar based on phases of the Moon, and sometime about March—the precise date depends on the degree of error of their lunar calendar compared with the tropical year—they go out in boats with…

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    …situation grew up among the Yami fishermen of Botel Tobago Island (Lan Yü, Taiwan). They use a calendar based on phases of the Moon, and sometime about March—the precise date depends on the degree of error of their lunar calendar compared with the tropical year—they go out in boats with…

    Read More