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Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel that inspired Walter Hill's 1979 film of the same name, The Warriors, was based on Anabasis, and the movie references this quotation near the end, as the titular gang stands on a Coney Island beach and their leader (Michael Beck) comments, "When we see the ocean, we figure we're home."
While it recalls the history of early explorers who were trying to discover a route across Canada to the Pacific Ocean (especially Sir John Franklin, who lost his life in the quest for the Northwest Passage), the song’s central theme is a comparison between the journeys of these past explorers and the singer's own journey across Canada.
A man works a cornfield on St. Helena Island, where "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" was first attested. "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (also called "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", or "Michael, Row That Gospel Boat") is a traditional spiritual first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. [2]
Folly Island is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the Sea Islands and is within the boundaries of Charleston County, South Carolina . During the American Civil War , the 7-square-mile (18 km 2 ) island served as a major staging area for troops of the Union Army that were attacking Confederate ...
Atalaya Castle, often known simply as Atalaya, was the winter home of industrialist and philanthropist Archer M. Huntington and his wife, the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, located in Huntington Beach State Park near the Atlantic coast in Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Mullis had received a $10,000 bonus for his invention, but suddenly he found that others in the company, particularly molecular biologists Henry Erlich and Randy Saiki, were being lauded in the ...
He then became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean on 25 September 1513. After looking at the ocean alone for some time, he told his crew to come up to join him. [3] [4] After he set foot into the ocean, at the opening of the Saban river he declared the South Sea, and all adjoining lands to be property of his king. [4]
The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Henry Timrod.This poem was edited by G.R. Goodwin and was set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess. [1] On February 11, 1911, acting on a recommendation by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Assembly of South Carolina adopted Senator W.L. Mauldin's Concurrent Resolution that "Carolina" "be accented and declared to be ...