American whalers recorded voyages in Australian rock art, (trunk)

National Geographic ^ | March 1, 2019 | John Pickrell

[Fred Nerks]

see article for images

[Lurker]

Ping.

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[DannyTN]

[Fred Nerks]

FROM ABC NEWS Feb 17, 2019

Photo: Professor Jo McDonald was one of those who found the inscriptions in 2017. (ABC News: Erin Parke)

"I can't imagine anything worse than being in a tiny boat with 30 or 40 other smelly people, so I think it would have been a sense of relief to come ashore.

[NativeSon]

Jacob Anderson, who was noted in port record upon departure from the U.S. as an 18-year-old African-American...

Betcha a dollar that is not what's recorded in the port record.

[Fred Nerks]

from the ABC AU article:

Professor Paterson scoured the historical records to identify the men, including the captain, and wrote his findings in the international journal Antiquity. "The historical records show that on Connecticut's departure, Captain Crocker was 33 years old, while Jacob Anderson was described as an 18-year-old seaman from New London of 'black complexion' — almost certainly an African-American sailor," he wrote.

Seems the actual record stops at black complexion the rest is Professor Paterson being politically correct...

[DUMBGRUNT]

It’s signed by a Jacob Anderson, who was noted in port record upon departure from the U.S. as an 18-year-old African-American, an ethnicity he shared with one in six American whalers by the 1850s.

So now my hero, Queequeg is African-American???

Say it ain't so!

[Fred Nerks]

Queeqeug, the fictional character was the son of a South Sea cannibal chieftan...

[Fred Nerks]

HERE BE CANNIBALS

CANNIBALISM IN POLYNESIA: THE DEMISE OF CAPTAIN COOK

http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/polynesi.html

[Magnatron]

Actually started reading Moby Dick for the first time. It’s actually very readable and quite good.

[SgtHooper]

I bet he wishes HE was vaccinated.

[Fred Nerks]

Barrup Peninsula, Dampier Archipeligo:

One man's graffiti is another man's rock art.

[DUMBGRUNT]

the son of a South Sea cannibal chieftan...

Not just a son, but the #1 son.

Had not been home in years and was most likely the Chief!

But Ishmael talked him into one more float.

[DUMBGRUNT]

He didn’t make any bones about being a cannibal.
When in port all he ate was fresh red meat.

And he shaved with his harpoon, don’t attempt that at home.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Dude! That middle one with all the holes was an early model 16 pebble-bit aboriginal scientific computer! (Were they able to find the display somewhere in rock heap?) Sandstone 12 by 12 memory stack, Astronomical calculator and a solar powered logic and math array! (Note owners pictures stored on the bottom left! Energy Star and Totally Green compliant!

[Fred Nerks]

Early keyboard:

[rlmorel]

I know some people really dislike that book and say it is overrated, but I love it.

I first read it when I was eight. I re-read it every few years. I’ve been to his house in Western Massachusetts...honeymooned on Nantucket...

Crazy life, the whaling life.

[RCFlyer]

Wow... I didn’t know all that.

[Fred Nerks]

Sounds like it’s time for me to also read Moby Dick, wonder if it’s still in print or if I would need to look for a second-hand copy.

I’ll check Amazon...

btw, Captain Cooks Journals are interesting reading.

[NativeSon]

I'd rather be described by my physical appearance than have an "origin' assigned to me. Especially by someone that never met me.

It waters down or degrades his being American.