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During an April 1786 snowstorm, a Spanish ship carrying iron wrecked on Tinker's Island. [1] Through history, the island has been variously rented out for ballast or for a boy's camp. Official ownership (for tax purposes) of Tinker's Island was unresolved for decades, then, in 1969, Salem, Massachusetts officially claimed the island for tax ...
Tinker Dill, a fictional character in the British TV series Lovejoy; Tinkers, the main protagonists of Vernor Vinge's book The Peace War; Tuatha'an (or Tinkers) of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time; Tinker Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight; Alexander Graham Bell ("Tinker"), the title character of Wen Spencer's 2003 novel Tinker
Island in the Sea of Time is a science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer S. M. Stirling, the first of the three alternate history books in the Nantucket series. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was released in the United States and Canada on February 1, 1998 and in the United Kingdom precisely a month later.
The atoll was named in honor of Robert Townsend Farquhar in 1824. [1] Fishing camps were established on North Island in 1850. [2] From the early to mid-sixteenth century, the atoll had been vaguely named after Portuguese explorer João da Nova, who first encountered Farquhar and the Outer Islands while commandeering his country's expedition to India in 1504.
The Outer Banks, separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Currituck Albemarle Sounds (north) and Pamlico Sound (south) The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mi (320 km) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.
Outer Banks' fifth and final season is off to a rocky start after the controversial decision to kill fan-favorite character JJ Maybank. The hit Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, follows the ...
Although tinker's curse is attested in 1824, which was thought to be earlier than tinker's dam, [4] "tinkers damn" is attested in 1823. [6] An alternative derivation is that a tinker's curse or cuss was considered of little significance, possibly because tinkers (who worked with their hands near hot metal) were reputed to swear (curse ...
Outer Banks is coming to an end, but the fictional world is still growing with a prequel and a spinoff. The hit Netflix series, which premiered in 2020, introduced the conflict between two groups ...