Asterix in Corsica
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Asterix in Corsica is the twentieth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 687–708 in 1973. It is the best-selling t
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A vendetta knife, similar to those used in Corsica.
Sea shanty
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A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term sh
Asterix in Corsica
…from Gergovia (Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield). The Roman camp of Totorum, too, has visitors: three Roman soldiers escorting the Corsican leader Boneywasawarriorwayayix, exiled by Praetor Perfidius. He is left to spend the night in the Centurion's tent, to its owner's dismay. While the other camps are deserted, the…
An American packet ship of the Black Ball Line
Stan Hugill, author of Shanties from the Seven Seas. Hugill's old-time sailor image helped bolster the perceived authoritative nature of his work, in contrast to the academic, landlubber appearance of many previous scholars.
Sailors hauling a line
Sailors working at a capstan