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Ask BigJules: Officers’ Food
Posted on October 14, 2013 6 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Dan Abernathy asks: ‘What did the officers eat in Kydd’s day? How was it different from the men?’ ‘Thanks for the question, Dan. Wardroom officers were entitled to the ordinary ships’ provisions provided […]
SEAFLOWER and CARIBBEE
Posted on September 8, 2013 11 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] More than a decade ago, in SEAFLOWER, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi were in the Caribbean as sailors before the mast in an old line-of-battle ship. Now, in CARIBBEE, Kydd, a storied hero […]
For Rent, One Pineapple
Posted on August 24, 2013 8 Comments
[To leave a comment go right to the end of the page and just enter it in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box] Christopher Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the island of Guadeloupe. He called it piña de Indes, ‘pine of the Indians’ and brought it back with him to Europe. No-one knows when […]
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