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On November 26, Spencer was shackled and detained on Somers' foredeck after a list of names was found in his razor case. The names had been written using Greek letters. The following day, Cromwell and Small were also detained on the foredeck. After a meeting of the ship's officers, Spencer was keel hauled three times and survived.
Captain John Davis (born 1784 in Surrey, England) was an American sailor and seal hunter from Connecticut, United States. [1] It is thought that he may have been the first person to set foot on Antarctica, on 7 February 1821, shortly after the first sightings of the new continent, all in 1820, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on (28 January), Edward Bransfield on (30 ...
The uncle indulged his nephew's financial demands but sent him lengthy letters of reproof that included his usual criticisms of Conrad's improvident paternal line. [ 9 ] [ note 4 ] On 10 July 1876 Conrad sailed for the West Indies as a steward (at a salary of 35 francs, equivalent to one-fifth the allowance he received from his uncle) in the ...
LANSING — During World War II, Duane Nicol wrote more than 300 letters to his parents, and closed nearly every one in the same way while serving aboard ships in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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IN FOCUS: The new FX/Disney+ series, adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 novel, is the most-nominated show at this year’s Emmy Awards. As Kevin E G Perry writes, both the book and show take ...
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