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Blue Latitudes
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Jungle Trader
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09/18/2003
Forgive me if this has already been mentioned but I couldn't find it anywhere. This book was recommended to me by a friend. It's about a modern day writer/adventurer who traces Captain Cook's path across the seas in an exact (okay maybe not exact) replica of Cook's "Endeavor". So far it's funny and entertaining. I almost got seasick reading the first Chapter. NY Times bestseller, Tony Horwitz, Author. |
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Tiki_Bong
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09/18/2003
Hey JungleTrader, Is the book fiction or is it make believe? (PS Hey I broke the longboard I was gonna sell you on an overhead day 2 weeks ago; I have another one I could sell you though) |
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Kenike
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09/18/2003
I read that book. It's non-fiction. The author goes to several locations that Cook visited. He tries to imagine what Cook saw when seeing them for the first time, but most of these locations have been completely trashed or forgotten over the years. :drink: |
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Unga Bunga
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09/18/2003
http://www.eclectica.org/v7n3/mcgowin_horwitz.html http://www.portsmouthbookshop.com/ContinentIndex/CaptainCook.htm A Tiki Cheers To You! [ Edited by: Unga Bunga on 2003-09-18 13:08 ] |
JT
Jungle Trader
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09/19/2003
Bong, what the hell.....fiction or make believe? HA! Juno answered your question. It's real braddah. So you sold the board to someone else for mo' money eh? Yay yah, the author tells us in the first chapter that when they landed on Tahiti, Cook's crew traded nails from off the ship to Tahitian women for sex. The Tahitian men would then fashion the nails into fish hooks. Soon the ship was nearly stripped of all nails and falling apart. So Cook prohibited anyone from trading nails. Several men were caught and given a lashing....ooooh. It was probably worth it. Except for the next 100 years the native population of Tahiti dropped from about a quarter mil to about 7,000 as the result of sexually transmitted diseases and other scurges. Interesting. |
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jonboy
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09/19/2003
I challenge anyone to click on and actually read the McGowin review of Blue Latitudes. At least I think that is what he is trying to do!!!! |
JT
Jungle Trader
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11/11/2003
Here's a passage in Chapter 5 "Botany Bay" "In The Pure State of Nature" Lovely Maori. [ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-11-10 21:04 ] |
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Bamboo Bob
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11/11/2003
Sounds like an interesting read. I ordered my copy today. Thanks for the heads up. |
JT
Jungle Trader
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11/12/2003
You're welcome Boobam Bob. Do you have a brother named Sponge? |
JT
Jungle Trader
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11/17/2003
Ya' gotta read this. Okay where's HulaHula. Ya' gotta read dis brah! So there you have the story of how David took the name here on TC, of HulaHula. Red Banana. [ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-11-16 22:09 ] |
JT
Jungle Trader
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12/08/2003
Wow! Just finished the book. The end is sad :cry: but it happened quite a bit when 2 cultures came together for the first time, besides I believe Cook wore out his welcome. Anyone who hasn't read the book want to take a guess at what Sandwich Islands are called today? |
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RevBambooBen
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12/08/2003
Anyone who hasn't read the book want to take a guess at what Sandwich Islands are called today?aaaaaa- the Peanut Butter and Jelly Islands?? |
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Jungle Trader
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12/08/2003
dangit BEN? you screwin' wit me again? Okay just about everybody already knows the answer to the first question.........and the second one and third. |
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hula hula
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12/09/2003
Ha , I wish thats how I got my name! Im gonna have to get this book :wink: |
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Jungle Trader
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01/10/2006
bubbles |
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