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Shipwreck Adventurer's Fiction Revealed As True After 270 Years
The Guardian (UK) ^
| 10-13-2002
| Robin McKie
Posted on 10/14/2002 3:54:58 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
10/14/2002 3:54:59 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Interesting bit of history. Bottom line - don't piss off native island warriors without your M16 handy.
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posted on
10/14/2002 4:10:01 PM PDT
by
txzman
To: blam
Slave owners in Madagascar?! I thought only white, Southern Americans owned slaves. /sarcasm
To: blam
compensation!
I demand to be made whole!
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posted on
10/14/2002 4:38:33 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
compensation! I demand to be made whole!
Well, about the only thing they can pay you with is Lemurs!
To: ET(end tyranny); FreeLibertarian; Bohemund; Seeking the truth; FreetheSouth!; Marie Antoinette; ...
Ping, ping.
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posted on
10/14/2002 6:59:46 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Thanks for the ping, interesting story!
To: babyface00
Slave owners in Madagascar?! I thought only white, Southern Americans owned slaves. /sarcasm
Yeah, the wealth of that international superpower Madagascar was built on the backs of (mostly) black slaves. Charter your flight, Dorothy Tillman, and go see how much you can squeeze out of the descendents of these slave owners.
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:23:10 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: blam
What a fun story!
Just goes to prove that scoffers aren't always right!
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posted on
10/14/2002 8:03:04 PM PDT
by
JudyB1938
To: blam
Helluva story...makes shows like "Survivor" look pretty wimpy...
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posted on
10/14/2002 8:15:15 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: blam
Thanks for the ping, blam. Quite an interesting read.
To: blam
I just found this story through archaeologica.com myself. I recall reading this book when I was a boy. Very exciting at times, as I recall, though written in an archaic style. Still easier to read than Robert Burns & Co., though.
It just goes to show that "experts" who don't do their research are not experts at all. It would have been simple to prove that Robert Drury actually did exist. Even 200 years ago.
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posted on
10/15/2002 5:05:00 AM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: blam
BUMP!
Thanks for the 'ping'!
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posted on
10/15/2002 6:39:11 AM PDT
by
lucyblue
To: blam
Thanks for the ping ...
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posted on
10/15/2002 3:01:48 PM PDT
by
manna
To: blam
Thanks, Blam. Makes you wonder what other assumptions conventionally accepted as true are just WRONG!
To: indcons; blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thoroughly Modern Miscellany.
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04/12/2006 7:14:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: BushMeister
Well, about the only thing they can pay you with is Lemurs!
___________________________________________________________
Two questions;
What's the exchange rate?
and
Are they good barbecued?
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posted on
04/12/2006 7:18:12 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
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posted on
06/24/2011 3:29:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: txzman
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posted on
06/24/2011 3:40:35 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: blam
wow great story with a story. Very interesting too that they think Defoe was the editor.
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posted on
06/24/2011 3:59:32 PM PDT
by
visualops
(Proud Air Force Mom)
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