Tales, Treasures and Pirates of Old Monterey
Registered by 
haahaahaa98
of Watertown, Massachusetts USA on 5/30/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
haahaahaa98 of Watertown, Massachusetts USA on 5/30/2015 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Fun collection of tall tales about hidden treasures and pirates in the Monterey Bay area of California.
Journal Entry 2 by haahaahaa98 at Panera Bread, 299 Harvard St. in Brookline, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, May 30, 2015
haahaahaa98 at Panera Bread, 299 Harvard St. in Brookline, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, May 30, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (5/30/2015 UTC) at Panera Bread, 299 Harvard St. in Brookline, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Looking forward to releasing this great little find from Monterey, CA.
I got this book from BCer haahaahaa98 at today's Boston BookCrossing Meetup; many thanks! It was great to see you again!
I'm always on the lookout for pirate books, in part because I love them, and in part because they're perfect candidates for the annual release challenge in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, which is described on its TV Tropes page as "the awesomest silly holiday ever invented". Oh, and I visited Monterey briefly on a trip to the San Francisco area some years back, and still recall how beautiful it was - though I didn't come across any pirates at that time!
This book, inscribed sweetly to a previous owner, includes some fascinating entries, from the "Massacre Cave" to relics of author Robert Louis Stevenson (who lived in Monterey for a short time near the end of his life) to various lost treasures. There are accounts of pirates, primarily of privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard, who sacked Monterey in 1818. And there are the rumors that Francis Drake touched land near San Francisco during his around-the-world voyage in the late 1500s, though there doesn't seem to be conclusive evidence of the exact location. The account here of the famed "Drake plate" - a lead plate inscribed with Drake's claim of discovery, purportedly found in an old bottle half-buried on a beach - is delightfully intriguing, but doesn't seem to have been authenticated. Ah, well, it *could* have happened, right?
I'm always on the lookout for pirate books, in part because I love them, and in part because they're perfect candidates for the annual release challenge in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, which is described on its TV Tropes page as "the awesomest silly holiday ever invented". Oh, and I visited Monterey briefly on a trip to the San Francisco area some years back, and still recall how beautiful it was - though I didn't come across any pirates at that time!
This book, inscribed sweetly to a previous owner, includes some fascinating entries, from the "Massacre Cave" to relics of author Robert Louis Stevenson (who lived in Monterey for a short time near the end of his life) to various lost treasures. There are accounts of pirates, primarily of privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard, who sacked Monterey in 1818. And there are the rumors that Francis Drake touched land near San Francisco during his around-the-world voyage in the late 1500s, though there doesn't seem to be conclusive evidence of the exact location. The account here of the famed "Drake plate" - a lead plate inscribed with Drake's claim of discovery, purportedly found in an old bottle half-buried on a beach - is delightfully intriguing, but doesn't seem to have been authenticated. Ah, well, it *could* have happened, right?
Journal Entry 4 by 
GoryDetails
at Nashua Riverwalk (See Text For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, September 12, 2015
GoryDetails at Nashua Riverwalk (See Text For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, September 12, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (9/12/2015 UTC) at Nashua Riverwalk (See Text For Details) in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book on the old truss bridge in the millyard area of the trail at around noon or so, while checking out this weekend's Art Walk event. Hope the finder enjoys the book! *** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 You're Such an Animal release challenge, for the embedded "rat" in the title. ***
*** Released as part of the 2015 Talk Like a Pirate Day release challenge. ***
