5 ms·

The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk (2007)

46 points by benbreen 4y ago

billfruit 4y ago
"But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place; And mercy—encouraging thought! —Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ". Strange that the article does not seem to mention William Cowper's famous poem.
8bitsrule 4y ago
Interesting detective-work story connecting Blackbeard's sunken ship and another author who told Selkirk's story in 1712, Edward Cooke. [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-shows-pirates-liked-read-about-sailing-expeditions-180967775/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-shows-pi...]
fergie 4y ago
Damn interesting used to be such a great website- this article was from its golden age.
- gnuj3 4y ago
  I never heard of it before. What changed?
  - googlryas 4y ago
    I think the telling of this kind of content moved largely to video/youtube, and DI got left in the dust a bit. There was a period where youtube "creators" would upload videos of them reading DI articles and displaying quasi relevant images from google search, and they would make way more money than the actual authors of DI would.
    - JohnJamesRambo 4y ago
      I don’t understand people that would rather watch a video of that than read. But I guess that’s why I’m out of touch with this generation.
Kaibeezy 4y ago
Sea-chest of Alexander Selkirk - National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/sea-chest/21895 https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-sea... Crusoe Hotel, Lower Largo - Historic Environment Scotland https://canmore.org.uk/site/32845/lower-largo-2-main-street-crusoe-hotel?display=image https://canmore.org.uk/site/32845/lower-largo-2-main-street-...
labrador 4y ago
I this subject interests you I recommend "Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors" available freely on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/...

46 points by benbreen 4y ago

"But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair; Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place; And mercy—encouraging thought! —Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. ". Strange that the article does not seem to mention William Cowper's famous poem.

8bitsrule 4y ago

Interesting detective-work story connecting Blackbeard's sunken ship and another author who told Selkirk's story in 1712, Edward Cooke. [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-shows-pirates-liked-read-about-sailing-expeditions-180967775/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/discovery-shows-pi...]

fergie 4y ago

Damn interesting used to be such a great website- this article was from its golden age.

gnuj3 4y ago
I never heard of it before. What changed?
- googlryas 4y ago
  I think the telling of this kind of content moved largely to video/youtube, and DI got left in the dust a bit. There was a period where youtube "creators" would upload videos of them reading DI articles and displaying quasi relevant images from google search, and they would make way more money than the actual authors of DI would.
  - JohnJamesRambo 4y ago
    I don’t understand people that would rather watch a video of that than read. But I guess that’s why I’m out of touch with this generation.

Kaibeezy 4y ago

Sea-chest of Alexander Selkirk - National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/sea-chest/21895 https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-sea... Crusoe Hotel, Lower Largo - Historic Environment Scotland https://canmore.org.uk/site/32845/lower-largo-2-main-street-crusoe-hotel?display=image https://canmore.org.uk/site/32845/lower-largo-2-main-street-...

labrador 4y ago

I this subject interests you I recommend "Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors" available freely on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/...