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Re: John E. Doolittle.
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:51:35 GMT
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Richard Parsons wrote:
> Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
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> > Report in 'a London newspaper':
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> > DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY LOSES FACE
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> > It is reported that a ship of the Dutch East India company was attacked in
> the South Pacific, and native artefacts, including one of the head statues
> from Easter Island were removed from the vessel. None of the crew were
> killed, but all of the armament on the Dutch ship was spiked.
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> > Reports of a parrot advising on personal injury claims, suggest that the
> attack was carried out by John E. Doolittle.
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> Presumably, anyone finding a face at sea in the vicinity should return it to
> the Dutch East India Company, (somebody give me a reasonable address here)
> London, SW1. Reward offered for the capture of John E. Doolittle, the scalp
> of the parrot and/or the aforementioned face.
Ooops-the Dutch East India Company operating out of London? I don't think
so--for a long time the British and Dutch companies were arch-rivals, and the
DEIC even slaughtered an English settlement that dared to get too close to
Indonesia. The British East India Company might be more plausible, but they
didn't do anything in the Pacific (near Easter Island, anyhow--they had India to
keep them busy until Crown administration came in 1858). You'd need to
substitute Amsterdam or the Hague (den Haag) to use the Dutch.
Sorry, just a nitpick from the resident Empire historian.
best
LFB
(PS: In Northeast Africa, however, European powers were notorious for carrying
off Egyptian and Nile Valley artefacts--including obelisks; there's one in Rome
that is still a very sore point between Ethiopia and Italy. Anyone want to use
all those Adventurers obelisks as stolen cultural treasures? ;) )
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| On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Mr L F Braun (<387CCD37.8DE52DE2@....msu.edu>) wrote at 18:51:35 (...) Double oops. I missed that. It's got to be the Dutch one though, it's another reason why the Brickish navy isn't too bothered :-) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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| Tony Priestman wrote in message ... (...) the South Pacific, and native artefacts, including one of the head statues from Easter Island were removed from the vessel. None of the crew were killed, but all of the armament on the Dutch ship was spiked. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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