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Re: on finding Pitcairn Island
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Sep 16, 23:29 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Sep 16, 23:29 +0000
Peter Fogg wrote: > They were left alone for many years, eventually being visited by an > American whaler. Although they had kept meticulous records their > calendar was out by one day, due to failing to take into account one of > the mutineer Bounty's crossings of the dateline (180 degrees East or > West). One of their number at that time was called Thursday, so was > promptly renamed Friday, the origin of the 'Man Friday' of the Robinson > Crusoe story. Hardly! "Robinson Crusoe" was first published in 1719. Pitcairn was "rediscovered", if I may use that term, in 1808. Trevor Kenchington -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus