Chapter 17: 175-182
Contents
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Jenkins Ear Museum
War of 39
War of Jenkins' Ear
1739-1743
Pistole
pis·tole (pĭ-stōl')N.Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d'Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European gold coins of about the value of the Spanish coin. One pistole was worth approximately ten livres. Wikipedia
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Spaniard's Blade
’Tis the sword of Cordova, won in bloodiest fray off Saint Vincent’s promontory, and presented by Nelson to the old capital of the much-loved land of his birth. Yes, the proud Spaniard’s sword is to be seen in yonder guildhouse, in the glass case affixed to the wall: many other relics has the good old town, but none prouder than the Spaniard’s sword.
? From Lavengo.
Chronoscope
chronoscope
n. instrument measuring very small intervals of time; chronometer in which figures are seen through apertures in dial. chronoscopy, n.
© From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia.
Helicon Publishing LTD 2007.
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The Ghastly Fop
a title that sounds like an Edward Gorey homage but is a seemingly made up serial pornographical tale of the time.
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Guarda-Costa
Coast Guard. Commission of a Spanish Guarda Costa 16 April 1729
By Don Dionysio Martines de la Vega, Brigadier in His Majesty's army, His Governor and Captain General of this city of the Havanna, and island of cuba &c.
reclaiming of light
ATD motif.
