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Thread #126347 Message #3107758
Posted By: Lighter
05-Mar-11 - 06:17 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
James Cook evidently named the "Scilly Islands" of the South Pacific in 1769.
The native names weren't much used in English till the late nineteenth century.