#Historic Maps 1883

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On this day:

KRAKATOA PROPHECY

On August 29, 1883, Edward Samson, a reporter for the Boston Globe, awoke drenched with sweat from a terrifying dream. He was lying on the couch in his office, where he had fallen asleep. It was 3 a.m. as he frantically scribbled down the details of his horrific dream: A catastrophic volcano had destroyed the tiny Indian Ocean island of Pralape. Extreme terror gripped the natives as they were trapped between the rivers of red-hot lava and the boiling ocean. Walls of mud flowed fifty feet high, and ships were crushed between gargantuan waves. The island exploded in an earth-shattering blast and disappeared beneath the waves, leaving only a "fire-spouting crater in the foaming sea." Samson left the written account of his dream on his desk, with "important" written across the top of the paper.

It was found the next morning by the Boston Globe's editor. He ran the story with a banner headline across the entire front page. He then passed the information onto other newspapers. When it was discovered that the article was based on Samson's dream, he was fired. Before retractions could be made, however, random reports of disaster began to come in. The greatest sea wave ever circled the earth, and an atmospheric wave went round three times. Communities in Malaya and India were destroyed by tidal waves. The explosion of Krakatoa was reported. Samson was back on staff.

Samson's dream had happened at the actual time the events occurred. The only incongruence was the name of the island. The mystery was cleared up when Samson was much older. The Dutch Historical Society sent him an old map of the Indian Ocean, and on it, Krakatoa was called by its native name of one hundred and fifty years earlier: Pralape.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009

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Map of Vietnam on cloth, created by an anonymous cartographer sometime between the 1850s to the 1880s.

"[...]it showcases the rivers in broad branches of colour, flowing down from luminous blue mountains, labelling innumerable cities, towns, rural districts (‘huyện’) and temples, the most important of which are shown pictorially, while all major roads are delineated; the map was possibly used by French officers as an orientation guide during their invasion of northern Vietnam, the Tonkin Campaign (1883-6) - an exceptional museum quality work of art. This grand and lively work of cartography and art is a map of the Red River (Song Hồng) Basin, the heartland of northern Vietnam, in the region historically known to Europeans as Tonkin. It is executed according to traditional Vietnamese style and conventions, almost certainly made sometime during the reign of Emperor Tự Đức (ruled 1847 - 1883), being the latter half of the period of sovereign rule of the Nguyễn Dynasty. Created by an anonymous professional artist-cartographer, the map is drafted on fine cloth, in pen and ink and vibrant watercolours and wash, depicting features in a stylized, exaggerated form for visual effect"

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In Newsies Jack talks about taking a train to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I was wondering if there was a train that connected New York and New Mexico in 1899? Would you need to get off the train at a certain point and get another means of transport? I'm sorry if this isn't a very good question but I'm curious lol.

I’ve been on an unintentional hiatus for about two years at this point, so I apologize for how long it’s taken me to get to your question, but I finally felt motivated to clear out my inbox on this blog and start answering questions again so I thought I’d give yours a go!

First of all, there are no such thing as bad questions! Personally, I think your question is an excellent one, and there are a couple of different answers to it.

The short answer to your question is that no, in 1899 there was not a direct train line running from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The long answer, however, is a bit more complicated.

The railroad that Jack would have had to travel on to reach Santa Fe was called the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, but it was more commonly referred to simply as “the Santa Fe.” It was originally chartered in 1859 to serve Atchison, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a bit of a rocky start (involving spies, silver mines, and robber barons), it became extremely successful, and was particularly well-known for its passenger trains.

(This is a photograph of a passenger train running on the Santa Fe railway sometime around 1895, likely the type of train Jack would have taken had he gone to Santa Fe after the strike. Note the Pullman cars!)

However, despite both the railway’s name and the original intention to build a railroad to Santa Fe, due to challenges with the elevation of the area the railway was originally forced to bypass Santa Fe completely and instead build a stop in nearby Lamy, New Mexico. However, in 1880 a spur track connecting Lamy to Santa Fe opened, ensuring that Santa Fe would be connected to the rest of the railway.

A map of the Santa Fe Railway from 1883 shows that the line only ran directly as far east as the Kansas-Missouri border. However, an updated map from 1899 shows that the direct line had extended all the way up to Chicago, meaning that someone could travel from Chicago to Santa Fe with much more ease than before. However, the line does not appear to have extended further east than Chicago at that time, meaning that in order to get to Santa Fe Jack would have had to first take a train from New York to Chicago.

Luckily for Jack, Chicago and New York have historically been connected since the 1850s by what is known as an east-west railroad corridor, with Chicago being the western endpoint and New York being the eastern. In 1899 there were four different railroads with lines connecting the two, but one of the most well-known (and the one Jack probably would have taken) was the New York Central Railroad’s line, on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.

One very important thing to note about all of this, however, is that taking a transcontinental train in the 1890s was not exactly the same experience as it would be today. Jack, likely travelling in third class, would have probably had to sit on hard wooden benches for most of the trip (not the most comfortable experience). In addition, while as I said there was absolutely a way for him to get to Santa Fe from New York on a train, he would have had to change trains at least two or three times along the way (possibly more) due to having to switch between railway lines. It would have been a very long, somewhat expensive, and probably exhausting trip, although it’s one that Jack was clearly willing to make.

TLDR; Yes, Jack could have traveled from New York to Santa Fe taking only trains, without having to use any other type of transportation, however he would have had to switch trains several times over the course of his journey and make stops in many different cities and towns across the Midwest and Southwest of the United States.

Thank you so much for your question! I hope I answered it to your satisfaction. Stay tuned as I answer more, and also make a (hopefully exciting) announcement about the future of this blog later on!

Sources:

https://www.loc.gov/item/98688579/

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701p.rr003250/

https://www.nps.gov/safe/learn/historyculture/map-timeline-5.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20Santa%20Fe%20railroad,now%20be%20traversed%20by%20rail.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/santa-fe-railroad-changed-america-forever-180977952/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroads_connecting_New_York_City_and_Chicago

[benkaden]

"In offering alternative geographies the postcards puncture the singular narrative of a controlling cartographic governmentality"

Das und die damit verbundene Idee von postcards-as-cartography nehme ich aus dem sehr lesenswerten Aufsatz "Representing Freetown: Photographs, maps and postcards in the urban cartography of colonial Sierra Leone" von Milo Gough mit. (In: Journal of Historical Geography, Volume 81, July 2023, Pages 3-15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2023.04.001)

Ein bildanalytisches Suchen nach einer alternativen Raumerfahrung über Ansichtskarten scheint mir jedenfalls ein sehr lohnenswertes Unterfangen für die Weiterentwicklung einer deltiologischen Methode zu sein.

Sehr offensichtlich gibt es erhebliche Unterschiede zwischen der Ansichtskartenfotografie von Alphonso Lisk-Carew (1883-1969) und den in meiner Sammlung befindlichen Karten vor allem aus der DDR. Eine Gemeinsamkeit scheint mir aber darin zu legen, dass in beiden Fällen oft nicht das klassische pittoreske Bild sondern die Abbildung der sich an einem Ort bündelnden Komplexität im Spannungsverhältnis mit bestimmten Tropen markant hervortritt, zumindest bei den die Entwicklung der sozialistischen Urbanität und damit verbundener modernisierter Lebenswelten in der DDR zeigenden Ansichten. "[I]mages that were highly ambivalent, both depicting the complexities of place and shaped by the flattening effects of colonial tropes" erkennt Milo Gough in Bezug auf Alphonso Lisk-Carew. Die Tropen der DDR-Philokartie und insbesondere der, wenn man sie so nennen will, Ostmoderne-Philokartie wären allerdings keine klassisch kolonialen sondern ebenfalls im Fluss befindliche Vorstellungsbilder einer sozialistischen Moderne.

Ein sofort sichtbarer Unterschied: Die Menschen bei Alphonso Lisk-Carew erschienen in hochverdichteten und eng bevölkerten Stadträumen wohingegen die Ansichtskartenfotograf*innen der DDR bisweilen das Problem hatten, überhaupt Personen in den neuen Wohngebieten anzutreffen.

Gerade das aber macht die Analyse so reizvoll: der Mensch im Raum im Bild. Neben der Logik oder dem Eigensinn des gezeigten Ortes, im Fall von Neubaugebieten oder auch neugestalteten sozialistischen Stadtzentren mit aus dem Blick gebauter oder noch gar nicht vorhandenen Eigengeschichtlichkeit, und der sozialistischen städtebaulichen und architektonischen Gestaltungen, Ikonografien und, was zu untersuchen wäre, vielleicht auch bildkompositorischen Spezifika (= die Tropen), wären die konkret gezeigten Menschen in ihrer Positur, Bewegung und Beziehungen eine dritte zentrale Größe für das Close Reading der Ansichtskartenbilder.

Mehr oder weniger intuitiv nähere ich mich dem bereits über die Bildausschnitte an. Der nächste methodische Schritt wäre der Versuch, das weiter zu systematisieren. Und dies würde dann erwartungsgemäß auch genau die Aspekte herausheben, die Bestätigungen und Diskrepanzen zwischen Tropus und lebensweltlichen Raumerfahrung aufzeigen, eventuell auch fotografische Lapsus, die aus der Hektik und Unkonzentriertheit der Aufnahmesituation entstanden und so das eigentlich gewünschte Narrativ des Bildes beiläufig, nun, punktieren.

[geneajournals]

Georgia Land Lots - A key to researching deeds

I first encountered the term land lot in the Early County, Georgia Tax Digest. As I transcribed the tax information on Mingo Bryant I noted the land lot number and did not give it any thought. Little did I know that this was the key component for Georgia property records. Land lots are unique to Georgia.

Georgia Land Lots

After the American Revolution, the new state of Georgia experienced an influx of people seeking their fortunes.  Fueled by the invention of the cotton gin, cotton became the major cash crop.[1]  The state of Georgia coveted the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) territories for expansion of the plantation system. Increasing the population of Georgia would ultimately increase the state’s political power in Congress.[2]

 

Georgia. Drawn by S. Lewis. D. Fairman sc. (Boston: Published by Thomas & Andrews. 1812). Shows Cherokee and Muscogee territory. [3]

Over a period of time Georgia  obtained ancestral Cherokee and Muscogee lands. In 1803 the state of Georgia devised a Land Lottery system to redistribute the land to white settlers.  As Georgia gained aboriginal domains, new counties were created by the Georgia Assembly. Land within the county was surveyed and divided into districts.  Each district was subdivided into numbered land lots.[4]

Georgia held eight land lotteries between 1805 and 1833.  The lands west of the Oconee River and south of the Altamaha River were distributed in lotteries prior to 1833.[5]  Each lottery had different size land lots, eligibility and fees.  

Early County was created in 1818 from Muscogee (Creek) lands.  It was part of the third land lottery which took place in 1820.[6]  The original county was divided into districts 1 to 28 (except 24 and 25).  Each land lot was 250 acres and the grant fee was $18.00 per land lot.[7]  Click on the link 1820 Land Lottery for additional information.

1830 map of Early County, Georgia showing land districts. [8]

Early County, Georgia, District 6

Look at this MAP to view the 1820 District Plat survey of Early County, District 6.  Click on the double headed arrow to expand the map. This will enable you to zoom in and see the actual land lot numbers.

Several of my ancestors are recorded living in District 6, Early County Georgia in the 1870 U. S. Census. So far my only ancestors associated with a land lot number are my 2nd great-grandparents, Mingo and Jane Bryant.  In the 1879-1881 and 1883-1884 Early County tax digests Mingo is recorded in District 6 with 250 acres real estate, [land lot] no. 223. [9]

Beginning in 1885 Jane Bryant appears in the Early County, Georgia Property Tax Digest as follows:

Now I have a land district and land lot number for Jane Bryant.  My next step will be to search for a deed to the property.

The state of Georgia still uses districts and land lots in legal descriptions of land.  Georgia requirements for property surveys specify,  “The land lot, district, section, militia district number (in Headright Grant areas), city (if known to be within the city limits) and county shall be called out in said description.” [13]   A  legal description of land in a Georgia deed consists of the land lot, district, lot number and a recorded plat map.  A more detailed legal land description has details of the metes and bounds in lieu of the recorded plat map. [14]

Sources

Wikipedia contributors, "Eli Whitney," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eli_Whitney&oldid=1158507059 : accessed July 31, 2023).

Wikipedia contributors, "Georgia Land Lotteries," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Land_Lotteries&oldid=1132885851 : accessed 31 July 2023).

“Georgia,” digital image, David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~31711~1150506:Georgia : accessed 31 July 2023), citing A New and Elegant General Atlas. Comprising All The New Discoveries, To The Present Time. Containing Sixty Three Maps, Drawn by Arrowsmith and Lewis (Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1812), map 45.

District Plats of Survey, Survey Records, Surveyor General, RG 3-3-24, imaged as "District plats of survey." 1805/1833. Georgia Archives (http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/landingpage/collection/dmf. : accessed 29 July 2023).

“Schley County, GAGenWeb Project Page -- Land.” the GAGenWeb Project ( https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gaschley/land.htm : accessed 1 August 2023).

Lucian Lamar Knight, A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Volume I (Chicago: New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1917), p. 488, digital images, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books : accessed 29 July 2023).

“Third or 1820 Georgia Land Lottery”, Georgia Gen Web, Crawford County Georgia (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/crawford1/Land/thirdlottery1820.htm : accessed 30 July 2023).

Carlton Wellborn, Orange Green and W.Hoogland, Map of the state of Georgia, drawn from actual surveys and the most authentic information. (New York: W. Hoogland, 1830); digital image, Library of Congress (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3920.tr000287 : accessed 3 August 2023); clip of Early County, Georgia.

Early County, Georgia, "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892,"  all years read for entries relating to Mingo Bryant; consulted as "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Sep 2021) > Early > 1878-1882 > images 120, 247, 391, 537 and 688 of 702. 

Early County, Georgia, Tax Rolls 1883-1887, unpaginated entries arranged chronologically, all years read for entries relating to Jane Bryant; consulted as "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892"; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 19 Sep 2021); Images 427, 577 and 733.

Ibid

Early County, Georgia, 1890 Tax Book, Damascus Militia District 854, entry for Jane Bryant; digitized in "Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892", database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Apr 2021) Early > 1890 > Image 157; citing Georgia Tax Digests [1890], Georgia Archives,  Morrow, Georgia.  

Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, electronic edition, Georgia Secretary of State (https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/180-7 : accessed 1 August 2023), Technical Standards For Property Surveys,  “Rule 180-7-.02 Land Titles and Location.”

John Bennett, “Georgia Real Estate Legal Descriptions,”  post, Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/georgia-real-estate-legal-descriptions-john-bennett# : published 8 May 2023).

[poeelianawhitcomb]

Our brief for this project

Your task is to create a range of work that responds to the theme Pieces of Eight, which focuses on the extraordinary world of Pirates and Privateers on the open sea!. In 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, a story of "buccaneers and pirate gold" set in the 1700s. It tells the tale of Jim Hawkins (the cabin boy), Captain Flint and the eponymous anti hero Long John Silver and showcases the battles, the deadly deeds and the backstabbing that vast heaps of treasure can cause! The actual island in the book was based upon Isla de Pinos near Cuba, which served as a supply base for pirates for about 300 years and there are many other stories of male and female pirates throughout the ages including Anne Bonny, Blackbeard, Calico Jack and Mary Read hitos://www.history.com/news/8-real-life-pirates-who-roved-the-high-seas (find out more here to add to your blog). The Golden Age of piracy was focused between 1650s and the 1730s and your selection of work may be built from this era or develop into a more fantasy/horror or sci fi focus with a nod to Jules Verne and his 19th century Captain Nemo and the Nautilus or strange stories of mutiny in TV series like The Terror https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0954ks and games like Pirates of the Caribbean or books like the Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. You will generate work through a series of workshops including reverse clay carving and plaster casting, polymer clay sculpting, resin casting and rotoscoping and character illustration for trading card design. The trials of the processes and materials will offer a 'visual dictionary' and allow you to build a story that suggest worlds of wonder or nightmare - utilising photographs and imagination as the starting point of story behind the visual mapping and compositional development in relation to the theme, story, colour range, historical incident, book, film or place using mixed media and professional specialist materials, before photographing for your online portfolio and exhibiting in Leonardo House!!

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island ,an adventure and historical novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in 1883, is the story of a twelve-year-old boy, Jim Hawkins, who finds a treasure map that belonged to a pirate, Captain Flint. Jim and his friends travel to a faraway island and meet ex-crew members of Captain Flint, who were also looking for the treasure and take Jim as a hostage.

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Ocala’s growth took off in the late 19th century, spurred by the railroad's arrival in 1881. The rail connection allowed the city to flourish as an agricultural hub, mainly known for its citrus production before the devastating Great Freeze of 1894-1895. Despite this setback, Ocala continued to grow, and its downtown area was rebuilt with brick after a massive fire in 1883, earning it the nickname "The Brick City." The historic district still showcases this architectural legacy with well-preserved Victorian-era buildings.

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[poeblissorton]

Treasure Island

Treasure Island a historical adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. It details a ‘coming-of-age’ story set in the 1700s, during The Golden Age of Piracy.

The story’s protagonist is a 12 year old boy, named Jim Hawkins. Jim Hawkins is the son of an Innkeeper, where an old sailor starts to lodge. This captain tells Jim Hawkins to watch out for another pirate, a one-legged man. Jim and his mother escape from the Inn after it gets attacked by other pirates, and Jim finds a map of where the infamous “Captain Flint” hid his treasure. This map had a huge influence on today’s depiction of pirates, popularising the idea of the “X marks the spot” treasure maps. Jim is taken to Squire Trelawney, whom he shows the treasure map. Squire then hires a ship named the Haspaniola to seek the treasure marked by the map.

On the Haspaniola, a man named Long John Silver is the cook for the voyage. He has only one leg, similar to who Jim was told to be careful of. He laid owns a parrot named “Captain Flint”. This again is one of the traits that modernised pirates have, owning a parrot. There is no real evidence of pirates owning talking parrots in history, but it is not doubted they did own them. This trait in Treasure Island is what people see as responsible for the interpretation.

Throughout the voyage, Jim overhears Long John Silver convincing people to betray the rest of the crew. Silver has planned to turn people on his side, and kill anyone who doesn’t, so he can take the treasure for himself.

https://robert-louis-stevenson.org/works/treasure-island-1883/#:~:text=Jim%20asks%20the%20officers%20to,which%20contains%20Flint's%20treasure%20map.

The story of Treasure Island is known for its unique description of pirates, and how those stereotypes and tropes have affected our generation’s perception of pirates, as well as how they are currently portrayed in media.

Treasure Island is credited for popularising the pirate tropes we think of when we think about pirates. Peg legs, missing eyes, missing limbs and hooks for hands. This imagery of pirates was captured by Treasure Island, however before this, it was still relevant.

These tropes also appeared in a book named ‘The General History of Pyrates’ by Captain Charles Johnson from 1724. This is speculated to be a pen name, therefore the original author is unknown. This book is also credited for the popularisation of the tropes, and is regarded as a source for Treasure Island. The book is a collection of biographies from some of the most well known and infamous pirates of all time. It is noted that this author was recognised as using artistic license through the book, and it is believed that some of the stories were somewhat exaggerated. However, they were based in truth and credible sources. It mentioned pirates such as Black Beard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Calico Jack and Henry Every. Additionally, it included the named Jolly Roger, with the skull and crossed bones. Reinforcing that it has references to real history, it mentions pirates such as Bartholomew Roberts and Francis Spriggs. Providing information about the lives of so many infamous pirates through biographies, it influenced in creating popularised imagery of pirates in the 1700s.

There are many different key characters that influenced the character archetypes used in pirate media, such as:

Jim Hawkins

https://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/kids-as-crew/ #:-text=Cabin%20boys%20helped%20the%20cook.officers%20in%20their%20quarters%20aft

Jim Hawkins is the protagonist of Treasure Island. Hawkins solidified the character archetype of the ‘cabin boy' in pirate stories, who is usually a minor. They are low ranking members of the pirate crew, meaning they have many duties on board. They may help with cooking, and carrying meals to the seamen. On larger ships, they would serve as a messenger for the crew members. They may have carried gunpowder and helped the men manning the cannons. In Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins was the cabin boy for the Hispaniola, but ended up becoming the new captain and reclaiming the ship throughout the story. Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story, so one of the main focuses of the story is Jim's development and how he matures whilst on board the ship, and talks about his mistakes and how he takes it upon himself to become one of the heroes of the story. He is an honest character, confessing to his mistakes and being humble about his actions that lead him to success. This overall impacts the story and emphasises the theme, as Jim, the young boy who was wronged by the pirates but stayed sincere, overcame the pirates and claimed his position as the captain.

Jim is the one who finds the detailed map of the treasure island inside a Seaman's chest and passes it to Squire John Trelawney, and joins him on his journey to find it. Jim is credited to being the hero of the story, as he is the one who helps his crew find Captain Flint's treasure. Jim warns Captain Smollett, Squire Trelawney and Dr. David Livesey about Long John Silver's plan. The crew members on Long John Silver's side demanded he seized the treasure immediately, whilst he planned to not use violence until he had secured the treasure. Jim was the one who cut the anchor for the ship, putting it out of reach to the pirates. He does manage to find it again, and does not reveal where the ship is until he is told that Captain Smollett's crew had agreed to leave the island through a truce with Long John Silver. Long John Silver then takes Jim hostage, as he knows where the ship is located.

However, once Long John Silver finds where Captain Flint's treasure is supposed to be located, there is nothing to be found. Silver's crew attempt to kill Silver and Jim over this, but Jim's side of his crew was able to kill them and they successfully left with the treasure. In reality, the treasure was actually located inside of Ben Gunn's cave, since he had already discovered it months previously.

Long John Silver

With the creation of Long John Silver in Treasure Island, the interpretation of pirates has significantly shifted, with peg legs being one of the most common pirate attributes in modern designs and media. There is also historical evidence to support the fact that pirates did, in fact, use peg legs and prosthetic limbs. It is noted in a written statement by Sir Henry Morgan, in which he details the costs of replacement limbs on board, with the men paying in pieces of eight.

Additionally, there are real known pirates who had peg legs, such as François Le Clerc. He was known as ‘Jambe de Bois’, which means peg leg. He was a French privateer in the 16th century, meaning he would have to set foot onto rival ships. During one of these encounters, he suffered the loss of his leg and severe arm injury. This made him be credited as the first pirate in our modern era to have a peg leg due to injury.

In modern media, there are many many different pirates from different media who bare a peg leg. For example, in Pirates of The Caribbean, such as Hector Barbossa. Barbossa acquired his peg leg after his was lost during a battle with Black Beard. Later on, he obtained a new peg leg, this one made of gold and encrusted with jewels. Barbossa was forced to cut off his own leg due to the attack, which was common in pirate stories. Their legs were usually never fully severed during battle, and they would have to remove them themselves which is quite brutal.

Long John Silver himself has a peg leg, despite it not giving him much grief throughout the book. It also seems unclear how he lost his leg, but it seems that he also had to cut it off himself. Along with this, he had to use a crutch, which again is something that was noticeable in pirate depictions. Long John Silver was efficient in using his crutch, being able to move freely and encounter others in battle.

Long John Silver is known as a morally grey character. He is known as an anti-hero, being perceived as neither fully good or fully bad.

Adaptation covers and posters

This cover is for a book publication of Treasure Island. Due to it being for a book, the text is quite large compared to the rest of the features. This makes the book’s title immediately clear. Additionally, the colour contrast between the dark blue background and the teal text makes the title stand out, making the title even more clear. The white drop shadow adds some readability to the text and makes it even brighter against the background. The font vaguely resembles a more western style, it reminds me of wanted posters. This hints to the themes of the book, criminal pirates. The starting years of the ‘wanted poster’ is unknown, yet there are real life examples dating back to the 1800s. During the Golden Age of Piracy, rather than wanted posters, ‘proclamations’ were used. Notably, the proclamation of Henry Avery. The skull with the bone and the pole in the background create the same shape as the Jolly Roger flag, which is the most recognisable pirate symbol. This symbol implicates the book to be about pirates. The detailed skull also implies this book is for slightly older audiences rather than children. The red flag behind the skull is again, a good contrast between the background which makes it more eye catching to the viewer. It also creates a better colour palette, as the hue shift as an accent colour makes the palette less tonal and more colourful.

The cover for Treasure Island adapted by David Calcutt is interesting. When I first saw the cover, I saw it from a distance. From afar, I saw the cover as a skull. The palm trees as the sockets for the eyes and the rocks as the jaw, and the top of the sun as the crown of the head. I do believe this was done on purpose, because composition wise it would be an odd decision if it wasn’t intentional. This is really smart, as illusions are more appealing to audiences and the cover doing something unique will draw the reader in more to read the adaptation.

Colour wise, the difference between the blue background and the bright red text creates more contrast, making the title stand out and catch the viewer’s eye. Additionally the bright red makes the text more visible to the visually impaired or in darker areas. The contrast between the bright yellow sun and the blue background, draws a lot of attention to the center of the cover, as well as the palm trees leaning into the center which leads the viewers eyes through the curved lines.

This cover is also a book cover. The black background behind the cover looks like the shape of a map, like a treasure map. This compliments the other items surrounding the title, which are all associated with pirates. A parrot, a Jolly Roger flag, a gun and a sword. The textures of the cover look like a worn sheet of paper, again similar to a treasure map. In the background, there are what looks to be black ink splatters. This could be here just to fill the space in the corner, but I also believe this fits the map aesthetic. The font is noteworthy, being a serif font. Serif fonts were

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Treasure maps

A treasure map is a map that marks the location of buried treasure. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate treasure maps" are often depicted in works of fiction as hand drawn and containing clues for the characters to follow.

One of the earliest known instances of a document listing buried treasure is the copper scroll, which was recovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran in 1952. Believed to have been written between 50 and 100 AD, the scroll contains a list of 63 locations with detailed directions pointing to hidden treasures of gold and silver. Thus far, no item mentioned in the scroll has been found.

Although buried pirate treasure is a favourite literary theme, there are very few documented cases of pirates actually burying treasure, and no documented cases of a historical pirate treasure map. One documented case of buried treasure involved Francis Drake who buried Spanish gold and silver after raiding the train at Nombre de Dios, after Drake went to find his ships, he returned six hours later and retrieved the loot and sailed for England. Drake did not create a map.

Treasure maps have taken on numerous permutations in literature and film, such as the stereotypical tattered chart with an "X" marking the spot, first made popular by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island (1883).

The treasure map served as a major plot device in movies:

In the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, a romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.

In the 1985 film The Goonies, an old treasure map leads to the secret stash of a legendary 17th-century pirate.

In the 1994 comedy City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, a treasure map is made by criminals.

In the 1995 film Waterworld, an extremely vague and cryptic treasure map has been tattooed on the back of the child character Enola. This map leads the characters to dry land, which in the context of the film, is a treasure.

In the 2000 animated comedy The Road to El Dorado, the principal characters win a map to the lost city of gold. They discover the city, are mistaken for gods, then help hide the city from the outside world.

In the 2004 film National Treasure, the discovery of a hidden treasure map starts a quest for a treasure dating to the Colonial era.

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San Geronimo, a small town nestled along Tecolote Creek in New Mexico, experienced a tremendous growth in prosperity due to its strategic location as a crossroad town. Situated at the junction of various important trails and roads, San Geronimo became a vital point for trade and transportation in the region.

According to legend, an old Indian trail passed through the nearby mountains and connected to San Geronimo. This trail was depicted on a map created by the US Corp of Engineers, affirming its historical significance. It showed that the trail not only went to Santa Fe but also connected to other points west through Las Colonias and Pecos.

Moreover, the same map highlighted the wagon roads that extended from San Geronimo to different directions. To the east, a road linked the village to Las Vegas. This route played a crucial role in facilitating trade and communication between the two towns.

Heading south from San Geronimo, another road led to Tecolote, which served as an important station along the Santa Fe Trail. The Army established a post in Tecolote during the mid-nineteenth century, adding to the town's significance. In 1883, a railroad station was built, further solidifying Tecolote's role in the region.

The road north from San Geronimo connected to Fort Union, a critical military outpost. This route traversed through Gallinas, Las Dispensas, and Sapello, providing a pathway to points north and contributing to the town's importance as a transportation hub.

San Geronimo's strategic location as a crossroad town, combined with its connection to major trails and roads, led to its remarkable growth and prosperity. The town became a thriving center for trade, allowing goods and services to flow seamlessly through the region. It served as a gateway for settlers and explorers, facilitating commercial activities and further development in the area.

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1201

first posted in facebook august 18, 2023

albert bettannier -- "la tache noire" (1887)

"teach your parents well their children's hell … will slowly go by and feed them on your dreams the one they pick's … the one you'll know by" … graham nash

"while today france and germany are leading a peaceful and (hopefully) common way out of the euro crisis, it may be good to remember that historically, european future was more often than not decided on the battlefield.

rising tension between the two nations resulted in the franco-prussian war of 1870-1871, leading to the downfall of napoleon III and the unification of germany under kaiser wilhelm I. moreover, france had to surrender its eastern provinces of alsace-lorraine to the victors. the revanchist sentiments resulting from this humiliation, fuelled by nationalist pride on both sides of the volatile alsatian border, inevitably contributed to causing the two 20th-century world wars.

in 1871, lorraine-born painter albert bettannier opted for french citizenship and dedicated much of his later work to the public desire of recovering the lost territories. in 'the black stain', painted in 1887, a geography teacher shows his pupils the area that must be regained by a next generation, in line with the ‘one and indivisible’ education policies of the french republic. various details reveal the warlike spirit of the day. next to the black stain, a huge sinister blackboard represents the german threat in the east, heightened by the drum in the corner. on the far wall, a map of the walled-in city of paris reminds of the prussian siege of 1871, symbolized by the black, unlit ceiling-lamp that stretches out its eagle-like talons towards it.

the boy in front of his classmates wears the ‘school battalion’ uniform instituted by the state in 1883. it allowed pupils to march, drill and practice shooting, as testified by the gun-rack in the right corner. one boy in the first row is dressed in impeccable white and wears the legion d’honneur, a prefiguration of future heroism. in the foreground, an optimistic splash of sunlight reflects the heraldic cross of lorraine" … jos hanou

"i said, war, huh (good god, y'all) what is it good for? absolutely nothing, just say it again war (whoa), huh (oh lord) what is it good for? absolutely nothing, listen to me" … norman whitfield & barrett strong

"teach your children well the bloody rivers … all just flow by" … al janik

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Scenes of Waverly Place: Then and Now

As the first quarter of the 21st century draws to a close, change is in the air for Waverly Place (天后廟街; canto: “Tin Hauh miu gaai”), one of San Francisco Chinatown’s iconic small streets.  

In his book San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to its History & Architecture, historian Phil Choy wrote about the small street as follows:

“Waverly Place was originally known as Pike Street.  Since the 1880s, local residents called it “Tien Hou Mew Guy” after the Tien Hou Temple located there. In the 1890s, the street was also home to the Kwan Kung Temple of the Ning Yung district association.  On the opposite side of the street (22 Waverly) sat the Sing Wong Mew (Temple of the City God), while the Tung Wah Mew (Temple of the Fire God) was at 35 Waverly. . . .

“B 41.  Chinese Josh-House, S.F., Cal., c. 1885.  Photograph by I.W. Taber (from the Marilyn Blaisdell collection).  The adjacent buildings appear to be of wooden construction and far different than the temple’s neighboring structures on Waverly Place in the following decade.

“Westerners have often referred to Chinese temples as “Joss Houses” although the Chinese word for temple (in Cantonese) is actually Mew.  The word joss is a corruption of the Portuguese word Dios for God, stemming from the time of Portugal’s colonization of Macau in 1557. ...

“The street was also known as “Ho Bu’un Guy” or “Fifteen Cent Street,” because of the barber shops providing tonsorial services for the price of fifteen cents.

The pulse of life on Waverly Place remained a popular subject for the photographers of the 19th century.  I have written previously about the photographs of two of the principal and famous occupants of the street before and after the 1906 quake, namely, the Tin How Temple (to read more see here) and the Ning Yung district association’s headquarters (to read more see here).

“3546 The New Chinese Joss House, Waverly Place, San Francisco” c. 1887.  Photograph by Isaiah West Taber (from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection).  The photograph supposedly taken in 1887 by I.W. Taber shows the new Ning Yung headquarters at 25-35 Waverly Place (the construction of which other sources report was completed in 1890).  Seen at the top is the temple containing a shrine to Guan Di (關帝; canto: Guān daì implies deified status)  or "Lord Guan" (關公;  canto: Guān Gūng), while his Taoist title is "Holy Emperor Lord Guan" (關聖帝君; Guān Sing Daì Gūan).

Detail from the city of San Francisco’s “vice map” of July 1885 (from the Cooper Chow collection of the Chinese Historical Society of America). 

In this article, we will view some of the other street photographs which researchers seldom examine in any detail.

A view north on Waverly Place along its eastern side and toward its T-intersection with Washington Street, c. 1880s.  Photographer unknown.  An approximate year for this rare photograph can be ascertained by a study of old San Francisco Chinatown’s pawnshops which occupied both sides of the 800-block of Washington Street during this era. In this photo, a sign possibly inscribed with the characters 寶興押 (canto: “Bow Hing aap”) appears on the second floor balcony of the building at the end of Waverly. According to the Langley directory for 1883, a “Bow Hing & Co. general merchandise” store operated at 820 Washington Street, which would be consistent with the signage and indicate an additional pawnshop business. The light façade of the Chinese Grand Theater at 814 Washington Street appears in the center background of the image.

“B2694 Chinatown, S.F. Cal. The Joss Temple” c. 1889. Photo by Isaiah West Taber (from the collection of the Bancroft Library). Some online sources date this photo as c. 1900, but the “Pacific Coast Scenery -- Alaska to Mexico Catalogue published by Taber in 1889 included this numbered “Boudoir” series image.  

In this view of the Tin How temple at 33 Waverly Place taken from an elevated position on the south side of the street, several men can be seen hovering over a fortune teller’s divination table on the sidewalk in front of the temple. The large banner signage seen at the street level advertises the fortune-teller’s use of the 卦命 (canto: “gwah ming”) as his method of divination.

The temple of the Gee Tuck Tong (pinyin: ”Zhide tang;” 至德堂) can be seen at the right of the above photo at 35 Waverly Place.  The Gee Tuck temple, dedicated to the Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heavens, was reportedly founded during the mid-1880s.

Tien Hou Temple on Waverly Place, c. 1890 –  Photo by Willard E. Worden In this view of the west side of Waverly Place looking north to Washington Street, the top floor of the Gee Tuck Society (至德堂; canto: Gee Duck Tong) at 35 Waverly Place can be seen at the right: this temple had supposedly operated since the mid-1880s.  By the time Worden took this photo, the wooden buildings adjacent to the Tin How Temple (天后古廟; canto: “Tin Hauh gǔ miu”) , seen at the left of the frame, had been replaced with masonry structures.

The view north from Clay Street up Waverly Place to its intersection with Washington Street in the distance, c. 1898.  Photograph by Edwin Stotler (from the Edwin J. Stotler Photograph Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives).

The view north from Clay Street up Waverly Place to its intersection with Washington Street in the distance, c. 1900.  Photograph by Willard E. Worden.  The sign for the Sze Yup Association can be seen above the balcony of the second floor of the 820 Clay Street building seen at left on the northwestern corner of the intersection with Clay Street.  

The northeast corner of the intersection of Waverly Place & Clay Street, c.1900.  Photograph by Willard E. Worden. The view north on Waverly Place, back from cobblestone-paved Clay Street.  The Yoot Hong Low restaurant building at 810 Clay Street can be seen at right.

For a closer look at the eastern side of Waverly Place in old Chinatown, see my article about the series of photos taken by Oscar Maurer and D.H.Wulzen of the more northerly end of the street here. 

A mother and two children at the northwest corner of Waverly Place and Clay Street in San Francisco Chinatown, c. 1900 (Courtesy of the National Archives; photo also in the collection of the California Historical Society).  The signage of a basement eatery for workers,芳記 (canto: “Fong Gay”) appears at left.

Variously entitled “The Mountebank,” “The Peking Two Knife Man,” or “The Sword Dancer,” c. 1896-1906.  Photograph by Arnold Genthe (from the Library of Congress).

“Genthe used various titles for this portrait of Sung Chi Liang, well-known for his martial arts skills.  Nicknamed Daniu [canto: “dai ngau” or 大牛] or “Big Ox,” referring to his great strength, he also sold an herbal medicinal rub after performing a martial arts routine in the street. This medicine tiedayanjiu [canto: “tit daa yeuk jau” or 铁打雁酒]), was commonly used to help heal bruises sustained in fights or falls. The scene is in front of 32, 34, and 36 Waverly place, on the east side of the street, between Clay and Washington streets. Next to the two onlookers on the right is a wooden stand which, with a wash basin, would advertise a Chinese barber shop open for business. The adjacent basement stairwell leads to an inexpensive Chinese restaurant specializing in morning zhou [canto: “juk” or粥] or rice porridge.”

From Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown -- Photographs by Arnold Genthe -- Selection and Text by John Kuo Wei Tchen.

For reasons that are not entirely clear, the northern end’s east side of Waverly Place attracted less attention from Genthe and the photographers of the day.  However, a closer study of the work of Oscar Maurer and D.H. Wulzen (as discussed here), allows researchers to place several of their photographs in the context of life and work on Waverly Place.

Untitled Chinatown street, c. 1898.  (Photograph by Oscar Maurer (from the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Income Purchase Fund).  Until now, no commentators were able to identify the location of this street scene on Waverly Place.

Fortunately for the researchers of old Chinatown, Maurer captured two crucial pieces of signage in his untitled 1898 photograph in the Oakland Museum which help in identifying the precise location in Chinatown of the buildings seen above.  The first example can be seen in the vertical sign appearing at the left of the frame, containing the characters 致和堂參茸藥材  (lit.: “Gee Wo Ginseng Medicinal Herbs;” canto: “gee wo tong sum yung yeuk choy;” pinyin: “Zhì hé táng cān rōng yàocái”).  The Horn Hong & co. Chinese business directory and lunar calendar for 1892 shows the Gee Wo Tong company located at 124 Waverly Place.  

Detail from the Horn Hong & Co. Chinese directory for 1892 for the Gee Wong Tong company.

By the publication of the 1895 Langley directory the Gee Tau Hong & Co. and Gee Wo Tong & Co. shared the premises at 124 Waverly Place.  The 1905 Sanborn map for this Chinatown street confirmed the presence of, and use of the property by, the Chinese herbalists.  Having established the street on which the herbalists operated, the location of the basement eatery whose entrance signage can be seen in the center can be located with equal precision.

Moreover, by comparing Maurer’s photo with one by D.H. Wulzen of the same basement entrance, the full tradename of the eatery can be discerned as “Wah Ying Lung”  華英隆(canto: “wah ying loong”), a name which could also constitute literal shorthand for Chinese/English (or Chinese American). When viewed together, Mauer’s photo corroborates the partially-obscured address plate in the Wulzen photo as located at 120 Waverly Place.

Restaurant worker returning from a delivery to a basement eatery, c. 1900.  Photograph by D. H. Wulzen (from the D.H. Wulzen Glass Plate Negative Collection (Sfp 40), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library). The last two digits of the address at 120 Waverly Place can be seen over the door to the basement entrance.  The right portion of the sign advertises literally seasonal, i.e., 時款 (canto: “see foon”) food.

Having established the address of the Wah Ying basement eatery at 120 Waverly Place, the men seen in Maurer’s photo are standing on the landing of the stairs to 116 – 118 Waverly Place.  Occupying a lot on the east side of the small street, and across from the Tin How temple and the headquarters and shrine of the Ning Yung district association, the building served as a boarding house. The 1905 Sanborn map confirmed its use as “lodgings.”

Detail showing Waverly Place in San Francisco Chinatown from the 1905 Sanborn Insurance Map (Vol. 1, Page 39-40) of San Francisco, prepared by the Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited, of New York.

A detail from “Waverly Place - April 9, 1900”  Photograph by D. H. Wulzen (from the D. H. Wulzen Glass Plate Negative Collection (Sfp 40), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library).  This close-up looks north on Waverly Place from the intersection with Clay Street.  Magnification of the center portion of the image shows the building elevation, the partial signage for the basement entrance to the Wah Ying eatery, and the stairs on which the trio of Chinese men stood for Oscar Maurer’s photo in 1898.

“The First Born”  Photograph by Arnold Genthe (from the Library of Congress)  The above photo was taken on the east side of Waverly Place with the Tin How Temple in the background.  According to historian Jack Tchen, “[h]eaddresses were often red with pearls or jewels and a red fluffy pompom on top.  Sometimes bells were attached so that when the child moved they would make a noise.  Silk tassels often hung down on both sides.  The difference between the headgear of boys and girls was that girls’ headdresses came down and covered their ears, whereas boys’ did not.  Girls’ holiday clothing generally had embroidered edges absent from comparable clothing for boys.”

Whether by design or negligence, the street signage for Waverly Place only bears its Chinese name, 天后廟街 (canto: “Tin Hauh miu gaai”) on the standard located at the north end of the small street in 2022. Nevertheless, the name remains a tribute to a 170 year-old tradition of veneration of a Chinese pioneer deity. Photograph by Doug Chan.

Today, Waverly Place retains its legacy as a distinct, Chinese American street.  

Waverly Place, October 9, 2021.  Photograph by Doug Chan

“On Waverly Place,” wrote historian Phil Choy, “ there is a unique concentration of buildings that represent the different types of traditional Chinese organizations. Architecturally the contiguous line of buildings combining classical motifs with Chinese elements and color created a Chinese streetscape neither East nor West bur rather indigenously Sen Francisco.”

“A Bit of Old China, San Francisco, 1905.”  Oil painting by Edwin Deakin (from the collection of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco).

[updated 2022-12-2]

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Lake Worth through the Haulover and Sawgrass Route to Jupiter Inlet - 1883 Time Capsule Flight, Todd Thurlow

Lake Worth through the Haulover and Sawgrass Route to Jupiter Inlet – 1883 Time Capsule Flight, Todd Thurlow

Overlay of 1883 USCGS Map over Google Earth, Todd Thurlow.

Today’s post is super cool. My brother, Todd Thurlow, Time Capsule Flights, made a fly over of Lake Worth over the Haulover and Sawgrass Route to Jupiter Inlet using 1883 USCGS maps. His inspiration? Marty Baum’s recent comment on “The Gale of 1878, Ten Mile Creek.”

An excerpt from Marty’s retelling of his great-great grandfather,…