http://www.knotofstone.com/2012/09/from-ancient-mariners-to-modern-explorers/ history is not set in stone Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.knotofstone.com/2012/09/from-ancient-mariners-to-modern-explorers/#comment-5708 Anita Venezia Mon, 27 May 2013 14:45:41 +0000 http://www.knotofstone.com/?p=15195#comment-5708 Stories about the monsters of the deep really did scare the early mariners. When Columbus and his crew were caught in the Sagasso Sea, in the windless doldrums, they thought the masses of seaweed were monsters…

]]> http://www.knotofstone.com/2012/09/from-ancient-mariners-to-modern-explorers/#comment-1665 Nicolaas Vergunst Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:29:31 +0000 http://www.knotofstone.com/?p=15195#comment-1665 A great quote, SAHO, thank you. Similarly, after Nelson Mandela’s release on 11 February 1990, he became more than a party leader, a president and an African statesman. His legacy of tolerance and reconciliation belongs to humanity too.

]]> http://www.knotofstone.com/2012/09/from-ancient-mariners-to-modern-explorers/#comment-1664 South African History Online Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:25:47 +0000 http://www.knotofstone.com/?p=15195#comment-1664 “Until 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong was an American and the Moonlandings were American. But after this day, Neil Armstrong belonged to humanity…”
Jean-Jacques Dordain, 26 August 2012.

]]> http://www.knotofstone.com/2012/09/from-ancient-mariners-to-modern-explorers/#comment-1663 Alfred Caulkin Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:16:15 +0000 http://www.knotofstone.com/?p=15195#comment-1663 Sleep well sailor of the stars. Yours is the Sea of Tranquility.

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