Capt. Sterling

Does this mean you're not coming? I believe, William that the good Captain is referring to the ability to heard cats on KW time. Nay Madame, it simply means as I have stated, nothing more.

Shame there isn't more detail on the covers...or is there? In which case pray continue

There are certainly plenty out there to base one on....

I most certainly agree.

Hangings have been vetoed by the higher ups every year so far, at least as far as the public is concerned, hence the after hours hanging the one time it was done. An escape of some sort would have to be a must, at least as far as the public goes. I wonder if the fort would be better off portrayed as Spanish instead of English, not that it was there in the first place ... sniggering...making it English is stretching things even further. Would certainly make better sense for privateers taking a stand with pirates against a common foe.

Umm main character’s hat does look like tricorn why not it has 3 sides and all ( it is actually really similar than in one admiral in one picture.....) Hmmm in all honesty, t'is hard to tell if there are three corners on the main character's hat, although, granted maybe he's wearing it sidewise....

hmm the fellow with the cat, somewhat hard to tell from the angle, but the main character's hat certainly does not look like a cocked hat worn backward. The fellow on the oars, now his hat obviously looks like a backward cocked hat.

At this point, aye, even tentatively. Come the end of May, I will be able to better know how to commit the crewe. We have a weekend together and will be able to discuss matters face to face.

Does this mean you're not coming? My most humble apologies for having kept ye waiting...I missed this completely. As of this date, I cannot possibly answer either way.

ah, in that case, blows my theory right out of the water....

Hmmm what about looking up styles of hats that are specifically Russian.... maybe that may have influenced the outcome of that particular hat? I know Peter the Great was trying to emulate western styles, but perhaps he had Russian craftsmen producing that particular piece...might be a place to look....

Hmmm the idea of blue tinted lenses as a treatment for STDs seems to have been something that comes up during the Victorian era... IF I had more time I could get ye some info from a grand debate on another board that took place several years back...but... any how, fwiw didn't have anything from our time frame posted there....

FWIW the Ft. Taylor ID pod was based on the wooden tokens that were used at coffee houses...

Since when do pirates knock?

Now Foxe t'is but a shaft embedded in a bush.... of roses...ahem... or some sort of flowers....

Happy. Birthday and many, many more.

Happy birthday

Oi Grymm, any idea when the pockets in the back skirts started making an appearance?

So why is the guy in the lower right hand corner selling fruit? Is it for eating or throwing? (Just curious.) Actually could be both, but odds are for eating, unless oranges at the time were a relatively inexpensive item. If ye really wanted to throw something, ye could most likely find something dirt cheap on the ground. Hangings were big affairs, quite the "holiday" atmosphere, so one could imagine folks taking the opportunity to sell to the crowds.

Next big event will be held in Foxe's kitchen!

Thank ye Foxe!!!!!!

Edward Cooke not only wrote one version of the voyage BUT two because in the first volume, seems as if he didn't think reporting on Selkirk would be as interesting as it was...seems Rogers version showed that not to be the case...

Those two images are from an interesting book called (believe it or not) An historical account of all the voyages round the world: performed by English navigators; including those lately undertaken by order of His present Majesty. The whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers. Drake, undertaken in 1577-80; Cavendish, 1586-88; Cowley, 1683-86; Dampier, 1689-96; Cooke, 1708-11; Rogers, 1708-11; Clipperton and Shelvocke, 1719-22; Anson, undertaken in 1740-44; Byron, 1764-66; Wallis, 1766-68; Carteret, 1766-69; and Cook, 1768-71. Together with that of Sydney Parkinson ... and the voyage of Mons. Bougainville ... To which is added, an appendix. Containing the Journal of a voyage to the North pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge. The original four volumes contain some reprints of the actual accounts, in addition to narrative commentary by the book's publisher and quite a few pictures. However, as SB1700 noted, there are clearly factual errors in the book like Cook apparently time-traveling to meet Alexander Selkirk. So caveat emptor when reading it. You can find pdfs all of these volumes (separately) on-line by searching for "An historical account of all the voyages round the world." I highly doubt that the author was trying to infer that Captain James Cook of the Endeavour time traveled to meet Alexander Selkirk, odds are t'is a very simple spelling/typo mistake... as ye both are forgetting about Edward Cooke who was on the Dutchess and wrote his own account of the Rogers' expedition to the south seas.

Sounds like Beaufort. Easily done with enough people who are willing to do the work. Best of luck with it.

Silkie took care of the chamber pot, especially since cousin robbie wasn't quite himself....