Fox Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Sorry for misleading you, I just wanted people to look at this thread... I forget whether, amongst all the evidence for an against boots in the GAoP, anyone came up with any textual references to boots being worn by seamen in the period (and frankly I'm too damn lazy to go back and check). Either way, I have recently come across a picture of a 2 latchet ankle boot recovered from HMS Stirling Castle, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in 1703 which I thought someone might enjoy. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Captain Jim Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 Sorry for misleading you, I just wanted people to look at this thread... At first I thought I had misread the thread's creator...Foxe starting a boot thread? Must be some huge new discovery! But noooo...just another bait-and-switch come-on by some slick historian. Bad Foxe, no chicken! BTW, I read about your sex change in the seafaring clothing thread. Interesting move... My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around...
kass Posted August 17, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 He's got such pretty calves. It'd be such a crime to cover them up with bucket boots! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time!
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