1 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.
2 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!
4 posted on
10/14/2002 4:38:33 PM PDT by
gaijin
To: ET(end tyranny); FreeLibertarian; Bohemund; Seeking the truth; FreetheSouth!; Marie Antoinette; ...
Ping, ping.
6 posted on
10/14/2002 6:59:46 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Thanks for the ping, interesting story!
To: blam
What a fun story!
Just goes to prove that scoffers aren't always right!
9 posted on
10/14/2002 8:03:04 PM PDT by
JudyB1938
To: blam
Helluva story...makes shows like "Survivor" look pretty wimpy...
10 posted on
10/14/2002 8:15:15 PM PDT by
VOA
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.
12 posted on
10/15/2002 5:05:00 AM PDT by
jimtorr
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.
16 posted on
04/12/2006 7:14:27 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
wow great story with a story. Very interesting too that they think Defoe was the editor.
20 posted on
06/24/2011 3:59:32 PM PDT by
visualops
(Proud Air Force Mom)
To: blam
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