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WHEN FOLKS ASK ME WHY I WROTE "A BRAVE VESSELL: THE TRUE TALE OF THE CASTAWAYS WHO RESCUED JAMESTOWN,"... |
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I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. |
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I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MUTINIES. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE THREE MUTINIES. AND IN THE SPIRIT OF FULL... |
| 00:40:07 |
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WELL, I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE BOOK TALKING ABOUT THEM. BASICALLY, THE PEOPLE WANTED TO STAY... |
| 00:41:03 |
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SO THAT'S THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION. I'VE READ THAT AS YOU SAID, HE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE AND... |
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ACTUALLY, THE EXECUTION CAME ON THE THIRD MUTINY AND IT WAS JUST ONE PERSON. |
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SO HOW DID HE END UP ON THE MAYFLOWER THEN? YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF A REBEL... |
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WELL, HE WAS PARDONED ON THE ISLAND. OF BERMUDA AND WENT TO JAMESTOWN AND CLEARLY MADE HIS WAY BACK... |
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DID ANY OF THE OTHER PASSENGERS PUBLISH THEIR MEMOIRS WITH REGARDS TO BERMUDA AND JAMESTOWN? |
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YES. SOME WERE PUBLISHED IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL STORY. AND THEY WANTED TO GET... |
| 00:43:04 |
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HOW WAS THE VIRGINIA COMPANY DIFFERENT OR THE SAME AS THE MERCHANT ADVENTURES IN PLYMOUTH? WHAT IS... |
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THEY WERE SEPARATE COMPANIES. THEY WERE SEPARATE COMPANIES. SO THEY OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY. AND THE... |
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WERE THEY THE SAME OF VIRGINIA -- WAS THE VIRGINIA COMPANY THE SAME IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HIT THE... |
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YES. EXACTLY. YEAH, IT WAS A VERY SIMILAR TERMS FOR THE ADVENTURERS. IF YOU USED YOUR LABOR TO BUY... |
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HOW DID STRACHEY REACT WHEN SHAKESPEARE KIND OF STOLE HIS IDEA? AND IT WAS LIKE NAMES? |
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WELL, HE DOESN'T LEAVE ANY DOCUMENT EXPLICITLY SAYING WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THAT. AND SO IT'S HARD TO... |
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YOU MENTIONED AT ONE POINT ON THE WAY TO JAMESTOWN THEY FELT IT WAS THEIR DUTY TO KEEP GOING TO JAMESTOWN.... |
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YOU'VE HIT UPON EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MUTINIERS AND HE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH... |
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HOW SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY WAS THE VIRGINIA COMPANY'S SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN FOR THEM? |
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NOT SUCCESSFUL DURING THE LIFE OF THE COMPANY. THEY NEVER REALLY MADE MONEY. BUT, IN FACT, IN THE VERY... |
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DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THEY GOVERN THEMSELVES ON THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA? DID THEY HAVE ANY KIND... |
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THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER -- ACTUALLY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY HAD REVISED THE WAY THAT THE COLONY WAS... |
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CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL THESE STRANGE STORMS AROUND BERMUDA, ARE WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE... |
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I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT BERMUDA HAPPENS TO BE IN THE TRACK THAT -- IN THE TRACK... |
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THE TWO SHIPS THAT WERE BUILT BY THE PEOPLE OF BERMUDA, THAT KIND OF REQUIRES A CRAFT AND IT AMAZES... |
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YEAH, WELL, THE SEA VENTURE WAS THE FLAGSHIP AND IT WAS THE PLACE THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO RIDE IN... |
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WHO HAD THE EXPERTISE, THOUGH, TO DO IT? |
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WELL, THE FOUR SHIP RIGHTS WERE THE ONES WHO DIRECTED THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY GO INTO QUITE A LOT... |
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I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE WOMEN. YOU DIDN'T TELL US TOO MUCH. IS THAT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WRITE TOO MUCH... |
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YEAH, REALLY THE MENTIONS OF THE BIRTHS AND THE MARRIAGE -- THERE'S ONE WOMAN NAMED MISTRESS HORTON.... |
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HOW LONG WERE THEY ACTUALLY ON BERMUDA? |
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JUST ABOUT NINE MONTHS. FROM JULY OF 1609 TO MAY OF 1610. |
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HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED THERE? |
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WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE HAZY. STRACHEY SAYS THAT THEY LEFT A GRAVEYARD OF FIVE GRAVES. AND HE NAMES... |
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YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WHAT I READ FROM VIRGINIA IT SEEMED LIKE THE FATALITY RATE WAS ABOUT 50% A YEAR.... |
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YES. BERMUDA TURNED OUT TO BE ALMOST COMPLETELY DISEASE-FREE WHEN THEY WERE THERE, WHICH IS ANOTHER... |
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DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY ON LOCAL PBS STATION THE OTHER NIGHT ON JAMESTOWN AND THE EXCAVATION OF... |
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I DID NOT SEE THAT DOCUMENTARY. |
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IT WAS FASCINATING AND IT INDICATED THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF ARTIFACTS THAT THEY RECOVERED FROM JAMESTOWN.... |
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WELL, DURING THE COURSE OF RESEARCHING I DID VISIT THERE. AND IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE. THEY JUST OPENED... |
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AT 9:00 IT'S BEING REPEATED. [LAUGHTER] |
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IT'S WELL WORTH IT. |
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I'LL HAVE TO CATCH IT MYSELF. |
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I RECOMMEND IT. |
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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? |
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DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF CASTAWAYS ACTUALLY RETURNED BACK TO LONDON? OR TO ENGLAND? |
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WELL, YOU'RE REALLY AT THE MERCY OF THE NARRATIVES AND WHAT THE NARRATORS WANT TO TELL YOU. EXCUSE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
