"This map serves as a 'Rosetta Stone' since it provides a common, known geographical point on all early maps of 'French Florida,'" he said. The Rosetta Stone was an inscribed rock found by the French in Egypt that allowed the translation of ancient hieroglyphics into modern languages.
Using the known GPS coordinates derived from the English map, Crowe was able to propose the location of dozens of Indian villages that up until now have eluded scholars and archaeologists.
Wait.... our schools have now gotten so bad that the author actually needed to explain what the Rosetta Stone is?
Not only that, his explanation was wrong.
To wit:
The real, 100% genuine Rosetta Stone is a company that uses disgustingly repititious TV commercials to peddle over-hyped, virtually useless language-learning software!
Everybody knows what Rosetta Stone is.
It’s a foreign language program advertised on late night TV. Comes on CD’s.
Yeah, but what's the point if he doesn't also explain what hieroglyphics are?
-PJ