Crossing the Line, or Seamen Dressed as Mermaids
So I was attempting to fill in the looooong week I will have to wait until bbcphile posts the next chapter of "Harboured and Encompassed," which I assume you are all reading too, and if you aren't, go read it RIGHT NOW!!! (It's on following_sea. You all knew that, right?)
Right. So to partially satisfy my longing, I looked up the Maritime Museum Caird Library, which of course you know is where Library!Horatio is interning. Then I rummaged around the website, and at http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/crossing-line-tales-20th-century I saw this:
And this:
And I thought you all would like them. They make me think of the mentions of "Crossing The Line" in the Aubrey-Maturin books and in Sharpe's Trafalgar.
(Speaking of which, have you read that last book? Sharpe, bless him, happens to be on his way home from India to England when he gets caught in the Battle of Trafalgar. He meets Nelson beforehand. It's adorable.)
Right. So to partially satisfy my longing, I looked up the Maritime Museum Caird Library, which of course you know is where Library!Horatio is interning. Then I rummaged around the website, and at http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/crossing-line-tales-20th-century I saw this:
And this:
And I thought you all would like them. They make me think of the mentions of "Crossing The Line" in the Aubrey-Maturin books and in Sharpe's Trafalgar.
(Speaking of which, have you read that last book? Sharpe, bless him, happens to be on his way home from India to England when he gets caught in the Battle of Trafalgar. He meets Nelson beforehand. It's adorable.)