#golden hinde

[ltwilliammowett]

It's the first day and we're travelling back to the early days of the age of sail. May I introduce you to the Golden Hinde? The famous lady on which Sir Francis Drake sailed.

More about her below:

The Golden Hinde was a relatively slender galleon with a low aft deck and an even lower foredeck.

The outer walls consisted of two layers of planks with a layer of tar in between, and the ship had three masts: the main mast and the jib mast were rigged with square sails and additional topsails, crossbatten sails and fighting sails, while the mizzen mast was rigged with lateen sails. The ship was 37 metres long, 5.6 metres wide and had a draught of 2.7 metres. The armament probably consisted of 18 cannons.They were distributed over seven hatches on each side and four hatches in the bow.Three cannons were made of bronze, the others of cast iron. Around 60 men were on board at the beginning of the circumnavigation.

Queen Elizabeth I partly sponsored Sir Francis Drake as the leader of an expedition intended to pass around South America through the Strait of Magellan and to explore the coast that lay beyond. The queen's support was advantageous; Drake had official approval to benefit himself and the queen and cause the maximum damage to the Spaniards. This eventually culminated in the Anglo–Spanish War.

Her original name of the Golden Hinde was Pelikan. She was renamed on the day she entered the Strait of Magellan. It is generally assumed that Francis Drake changed the name in honour of his patron Sir Christopher Hatton, who had a golden stag in his coat of arms. A name change during a voyage was extremely unusual, even for the time, and Christopher Hatton was by no means Drake's only patron - other patrons included Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir William Winter and Drake's cousin John Hawkins. The reasons for the renaming are therefore unclear, but are usually associated with the fate of Thomas Doughty: Doughty, an English adventurer and gentleman, was commander of the Mary on Drake's expedition, but was accused of mutiny in the Straits of Magellan, found guilty and executed. As Doughty was Christopher Hatton's personal secretary, the renaming of the ship is often understood as a conciliatory gesture towards Hatton, which is at least supported by the coincidence in time of the two events: the Golden Hinde's logbook of 20 June 1578 states: ‘Thomas Doughty tried for mutiny and executed. (…) Pelican renamed Golden Hind.

In 1581, the Queen ordered the Golden Hinde to be ‘kept in Deptford for perpetual remembrance’, and for some years the ship was one of the sights of London, visited by thousands of people. Soon, however, it became so neglected that in 1599 a Swiss visitor, Thomas Platter, remarked that ‘the ship is rotten and about to fall to pieces’. In 1629, the secretary of the Venetian envoy noted that ‘the remains of the ship resembled the bleached ribs and skull of a dead horse’. The last remains were removed in 1662.

A replica of the Golden Hinde is located in a floating dock on the Thames in London, and another is moored in Brixham harbour in Devon, England.

[firstmatedville]

here it is: an incomplete collection of ships @dxppercxdxver and I saw over the last two weeks. In order:

1. Golden Hinde (1973 Golden Hind galleon replica, London)

2. Cutty Sark (1869 clipper ship, Greenwich)

3. SB Lady Daphne (1923 Thames sailing barge, Charlestown)

4. Kajsamoor (1939 Norwegian schooner, Charlestown)

5. Replica 1700s rowboats used for Hornblower and Poldark (Charlestown)

6. HMS Warrior (1860 steampowered armoured frigate, Portsmouth)

7. HMS Victory (1765 104 gun ship of the line, Portsmouth)

8. Mary Rose (remnants) (1511 carrack-type warship, Portsmouth)

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A walk through London

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[rennebright]

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[ikuzeminna]

What's up with the wolves?

This post made me want to talk about Duo and how he was initially conceived as Gundam Wing's protagonist, but instead of derailing OP’s post with my ramblings, I thought it better to make them a separate post.

We all know this shot of Duo in the first opening, and like many others I, too, have wondered why on Earth the American street urchin character would be sporting heraldic wolves on his jacket as though he’s European nobility.

They never show up in the series proper, just the opening. And there is absolutely nothing about Duo that could remotely relate him to nobility. He's pretty much the furthest thing from it.

...unless we count Deathscythe H's design, which does sport a strong romantic death theme. But that's about as European as Duo gets.

So what if this is the creators being cheeky and including it as a nod to his initial protagonist status before it was given to Heero? Because if Duo was the protagonist, that would mean he would have been Relena's foil, who is of royal blood. And then we would have had the same juxtaposition as this:

Oh, look, another orphan wearing fancy clothing.

But back to Duo. The precise term for what Duo has emblazoned on his jacket is a wolf rampant. Well, two actually. Would that make them combatant..?

When they're mirrored like that, you expect them to hold a shield. Like these two unicorns here:

Do you recognize it? It's Romefeller's crest. Romefeller has two white unicorns rampant on a red background while the guy who fights them gets two golden wolves rampant on a black background.

Wait a minute. White, red, gold, black?

Really?

Someone must have had a field trip with the designs.

Back to the wolves. According to Wikiwand, wolves in heraldry "typically symbolised the rewards of perseverance in long sieges or hard industry." A long siege is definitely what the colonists were going through. Doubly so regarding Duo's crappy childhood.

So is Duo really connected to wolves?

Well, here's a fun fact.

The wolf (French: loup) is often used for canting (meaning heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus) by families whose names feature some variant of the word 'lou/wolf'. Examples include Videlou, de Lou, Lupus, Wolferston, Wolseley, Lovett, Lowe, Lovell, Lupton or Wolfe.

Lowe. As in, Odin Lowe. This dude:

Heero got cheated out of fancy wolf crests.

And here you have it. Before Heero stole Deathscythe's parts for Wing, Duo had gotten Heero's wolf crest. Then again, they would have been wasted on Heero's green tank top anyway, so good for Duo.

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[thefigureresource]

Drake : The Golden Hind's Respite [Azur Lane] 1/4 scale from FREEing coming September 2024.

[myobsessionsspace]

Jungkook’s BE-hind Story

Though filmed in 2021, I find it still relevant.

It’s a really good watch for those that may not have seen this, or may have but have forgotten about it.

His thoughts on songs with no relation to him personally.

His music process, how he can do songs within a day or work on a song over and over, delete and never release.

Watch full video here

🐰“From now on, although songs with sincerity is also important, but…there are so many different types of people, who think differently and come from different backgrounds.

I want to become an artist who can create various different stories by creating imaginary scenarios and situations and coming up with imaginary characters.

That’s my ultimate motive.”

🐿️ “It’s very unique. I usually find it much easier to write about my own experiences, but what you’re trying to do is putting yourself in an imaginary scenario, which is actually very difficult.”

🐰 “Right, it’s difficult. So, although it’s very difficult, like how I want to try new things but unable to express it right now. If I keep doing it I’ll get accustomed to it, so I should keep challenging myself.”

🐿️ “I think it’s wonderful and I believe all challenges are good. I hope you could try out as much as possible”

Weverse Live

July 2023

What really stuck out to me:

🐰“but there's still this idea called image. And many people love that. Let's say that people love it, and so I keep following only that path. In that case, what is it that I can change? With my own hands? When this is my own life. I've gotta be the one to make change, you know. I have to tell the people who love me "this is how I am," and I have to-- not coerce them, but I have to make it so that they can accept/recognize me.”

When will he be allowed to control his image? When will he be allowed to not fit the idea that has been created by fans from content that doesn’t reflect his stage in life anymore? When can he expand on that image, add dimension, flaws, normal human traits to it?

🐰“I mean, like, there are so many things. How should I say it, so... Even if I were to figure out [the audience's] needs and satisfy those... Would ARMYS and I be truly happy? Till the end. When there's nothing that changes.”

You can’t please everyone all of the time. To please the majority he has to sacrifice himself? His change from the image people hold of him can never be? Who is that fair to? Is it fair to him? Is it fair to the fans who want to love him for him?

🐰“Ok, if I'm being honest: that's right, before, I used to have a lot of fears, including fear of trying something new. And I used to not really feel up to doing things that are new. But this is something that you guys created for me as well. It is from you all. Because I gained so much courage from you guys. Truly. (drinks water)

& I said this in a recent live, too. Asking why you guys give your support and love to me. Because even back then, I didn't know the answer, which is why I kept asking again and again. But now, I don't want to show that vulnerable side of me to you guys. I gained confidence, and using this as a foundation, I want to keep building myself.”

Army time and time again showed him they loved all of him and trusts what he wants to do, so they gave him the confidence to try new things.

Trusting that he wants to do it and he’s spoken before about the want for these types of songs, these challenges.

They aren’t army’s challenges but his challenges.

I don’t know about you, but being a singer from a 7 piece group who for years has worked with the same people in their mother tongue, to now work with an array of people from a different country, to sing a full album in a different language and do each song with different musical genres, phew! I’m tired just *thinking about it*!

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GOLDEN BY JUNG KOOK

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[srldesigns6277]

This band Golden Hind apparently repeatedly sent Louis their music through Instagram and he replied after some time stating he liked their music

[ltwilliammowett]

Golden Hinde, 1577, by Charles Lundgren (1911 - 1988)

[adarkrainbow]

Madame d'Aulnoy wrote a LOT of fairytales. 24 in totals (and her fairytales ranged from three times to nine times longer than your usual Grimm tale). So if you want to start somewhere, I can suggest to you the handful of madame d'Aulnoy's tales that were the most famous and renowned - her "best-sellers" so to speak, that were huge successes and fairy classics throughout the 18th and 19th centuries (and even up to the mid 20th century for some).

The Blue Bird (L'oiseau bleu)

The Doe in the Woods (also known as The White Doe, The Hind in the Woods, La biche au bois)

The White Cat (La chatte blanche)

The Beauty with golden hair (La belle aux cheveux d'or, also translated as "The fair one with golden hair")

The Yellow Dwarf (Le Nain Jaune)

Cunning Cinders (Finette Cendron)

This is truly just a tiny fragment of her work, 6 tales over 24, but these six remained great successes and well-known references until the early 20th century (as opposed to some of her fairytales which fell in obscurity as early as the 18th century).

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[rennebright]

ゴールデン・ハインド by kive [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

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