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Woodcut illustrating keelhauling, from the Tudor period (1485–1603). Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea.
(seasons 1–2; guest season 3) John Herbert as Geoffrey Lawrence: Captain of the Black Hind. (season 1; guest season 2) David Dukas as Captain Hume: Commander of the Royal Navy's Scarborough. (season 2; guest season 1) Laudo Liebenberg as Dooley: Crew Mate of the Walrus and the Revenge. (seasons 2–4) Sibongile Mlambo as Eme: Slave aboard the ...
Black Sails is an American historical action-adventure television series set on New Providence Island. It was written to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island , [ 1 ] while also including depictions of several real-life historical figures and fictionalized versions of actual historical events.
This category contains images which have been uploaded for use in articles related to the anime and manga series Death Note. Media in category "Death Note images" The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.
Matsuda theorizes that Near wrote in the Death Note to manipulate Mikami's actions in order to lead Light to his defeat. [6] In the second Death Note Rewrite special, Mikami is the one to kill the majority of SPK, Near's team of investigators, differing from the manga, in which Mello and the mafia are responsible for the SPK's deaths.
The Red Danube is a 1949 American drama film directed by George Sidney and starring Walter Pidgeon. [2] The film is set during Operation Keelhaul and was based on the 1947 novel Vespers in Vienna by Bruce Marshall .
The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. [1] The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, [2] or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long ...
Black Sails is an American television drama series created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted on January 25, 2014. [1] It was produced by Film Afrika Worldwide and Platinum Dunes. It was written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.