Yarns in the magazine Fairplay : London, England, entitled "Captain John E. Barstow's Tough Yarn, Fiction of the First Water." : Manuscript 24 Jan 1889.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navies.

Sailors.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.

Summary:

An overview of an address made by Barstow to Farragut Veteran Association. Yarn number one. Mention of the comparative truthfulnesss of landsmen and seamen - the former considered by Barstow to be unreliable while the latter are truthful to a fault. Mentions superstitions regarding whether to sail on Friday 13th. Includes transcript of a sea song as well as description of the crew of the Portuguese vessel. Does not describe yarn number two and goes straight on to yarn 3: describes a tale in which Barstow was employed on a storeship in the habour of Panama and met a German collecting insects who asked him to accompany him to the island of Malpello, considered by many to be a myth. The natives would not go as they were fearful of the island. Mentions animals encountered and the presumed disappearance of the island.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:Coll. 67.

Mystic Seaport Museum: John E Barstow Collection.

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