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Bombard Alain (b. 1924-10-27 / d. 2005-07-19)
Bombard's claim was tested and contested by Hannes Lindemann, a German physician, canoeist and sailing pioneer. Lindemann wanted to repeat Bombard's trip in order to gain a better understanding of living on salt water and fish, but found that he needed fresh water (from rain) most days. Lindemann later claimed that Bombard had actually taken along fresh water and consumed it on the ocean, and that he had also been secretly provided further supplies during his voyage. Lindemann's own observations about reactions to scarce fresh water supplies became the basis for the World Health Organisation's navigation recommendations.
Another great function available: paste some text in the comment text area. Assuming there is a bdate and a death date somewhere in the text, you just have to click on one of the two calendars and the dates will automatically be extracted and the corresponding fields will be set
That is terrifically handy
New handy function available: To enter a date, you can select plain text in the comment text area and then, click a calendar button. If the date field is blank it will be automatically filled. Several formats are recognized. If not recognized, the calendar will be displayed as usual.
That is terribly handy