From: Thom Baguley (T.S.Baguley@open.ac.uk)
Date: Mon 06 Dec 1993 - 20:15:05 EET
>Sandy Petersen writes:
>>The Closing generally only took effect if you went out of sight of
>>land.
> I'm suprised there wasn't more coastal trade along the coasts of
>Glorantha and Pameltela then. You can sail a long way without
>going out of site of land. Perhaps it was the fear of the sea which
>stopped them
> Graeme Lindsell a.k.a Graeme.Lindsell@anu.edu.au
Some coasts are probably just very, very dangerous. Piracy, drifting sandbanks ... and of course reefs (especially around Pamaltela). Coastal navigation would be with smaller ships, making trade less profitable.
Thom
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