Verne! With Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Edited Transcript)

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: My apologies for my lateness.Guten Abend, and welcome everyone. Our scheduled speaker had a family emergency and was not able to present today. That is kind of all of you. As you can see, you have plenty of gifts to take home with you today. I hope you enjoy them and the talk. Do let me know if there are any permissions issues with any parts. Hence my delay, trying to get this all together in time, ja.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I am not going to introduce myself, I think you know well enough by now. Let me start right in. As I was preparing this talk, I went to our excellent R.F. Burton Library over in Babbage Canals and found the volumes boxed here at the foot of the stage gathered under the heading 'Steam Precursors', although in this case, it is more the Steam mindset than the actual machinery. For all the fascinating inventions of our ancestors, it was Verne's creations of the mind during the second half of the 1800s which inspired some of the greatest leaps of human technology.

Verne started his adult life in the study of the law, was distracted by the theatre, made a living as a stockbroker but ended as a great novelist. Let us start with 1862, and a story quoted by the Museum: There is the legend that he stood on the steps of the Paris stock exchange and declared to his associates there, "My boys, I believe that I'm about to desert you. I had the kind of idea Emile Girardin says every man must have to make a fortune. I've just written a new kind of novel, and if it succeeds it will be an unexplored gold mine. In that case, I'll write more such books while you're buying your stock. And I think I'll earn the most money!" When his friends laughed at his comments, he replied, "Laugh, friends, we'll see who laughs longest. "Indeed. There are many Verne works, more than most realize, and a very useful aether-site to explore both his work and writings about Verne is Zvi Har’El’s Jules Verne Collection at http://jv.gilead.org.il/. What I shall do here is touch on his most notable works in chronological order and let you do further exploration at your own pace.

We start with his first novel. 1863: 'Cinq semaines en ballon', or in English 'Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen' was Verne's first presentation of his dramatic trio: The Professor, the Manservant, and the Adventurer. Modelled after the explorations of Burton, Speke and Barth, the dramatic interior of sub-equatorial Africa unrolls before the reader in lush detail -- mostly accurate -- as the Englishmen travel from west to east encountering all sorts of perils. In the Paris daily 'Le Figaro' a review read, "Is Dr. Fergusson's journey a reality or is it not? All we can say is that it is bewitching as a novel and as instructive as a book of science. Never have the serious discoveries of celebrated travelers been summed up as well. This set the standard for what was to be expected from this new, fascinating author: Science of the day, applied to fantastical situations around the world.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I should note between volumes here that many of Verne's works were republished in different size formats, lavishly illustrated. I did not have enough time to procure illustrations to share with you today, but the Gutenberg Library often has copies available to borrow.

1864: 'Voyage au centre de la Terre', translated variably as 'A Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'A Journey to the Interior of the Earth', follows the explorations of Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans attempting to wind their way through volcanic tubes from the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, eventually emerging all the way down in Italy's famed Stromboli. The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, the present book considerably added to its popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series. It would not surprise me at all if many future geologists and other earth studies scientists were impressed by this story in their youth. In turn, the novel was inspired by Charles Lyell's 'Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man' of 1863, and includes some of the fantastical thoughts of lost Edenic environments hidden in a partly-hollow planet -- as when the Professor's party encounters dinosaurs, pre-historic mammals and even a anthropodic being which they speculate could be a very early Man. Due to the imaginative scenery -- volcanoes, vast caves, an underwater sea, groves of dinosaurs -- this has been a popularly acted entertainment, appearing in many forms -- not always adhering to the original material. Added romance, Fraulein Ember. That seems to be the most persistent edit.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach chuckles

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: 1868: After a polar exploration novel, one of the 'Voyages Extraordinaire' series, Verne wrote and published 'De la terre à la lune', the remarkable 'From the Earth to the Moon'; and in the following year, 'Autour de la Lune', 'Around the Moon'. These books are a favourite of those who wish to demonstrate how scientifiction can anticipate a future reality. The novel describes the efforts of a group of American weapons enthusiasts, the Baltimore Gun Club, to create a large enough cannon to launch three men all the way to the moon. The club deals with raising sufficient funds for the project, debates over the perfect location for the launch, and considers the issues of acceleration on human payload. Verne made solid attempts at creating calculations for all of the aspects of the launch despite not being an engineer or mathematician himself.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: It is far more entertaining to compare the novels and derive what he got right compared to the Apollo space programme: The novel's launch location was 'Stone's Hill, Tampa Town, Florida'. The Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, is on the opposite coast of the peninsula, only 120 miles almost due east.

* The novel suggested Americans would create this as a private project; Americans did create a moon launch, as a governmental effort.

* The novel has the passenger capsule made of aluminium; the Apollo Command Model was made of an aluminum honeycomb-sandwich bonded between sheets of aluminum alloy. The process to make it a much more common material was not developed until 1886, and before then was rare enough that plate armour of aluminium was made only for kings.

* The novel had a chemical carbon dioxide removal mechanism; the Apollo capusules and lunar landers used lithium hydroxide cartridges to do the same.

* The novel has the trip to the moon take five days; the Apollo vehicle took three, due to better calculations. It is still an excellent estimate.

* The novel has the capsule approach the 'neutral point' balancing the gravities of the Earth and the Moon; this was later designated as L1 of the five Lagrangian points possible between any two large bodies. The Lagrange points mark positions where the combined gravitational pull of the two large masses provides precisely the centripetal force required to orbit with them. The maths were discovered by Leonhard Euler and Joseph-Louis Lagrange in the late 1700s.

I believe I saw mention of artificial satellites set into exactly this same point for technical purposes.

* Lastly, for our purposes: The novel has the returned capsule land in the ocean and be retrieved, all hands in good condition, by a US Naval vessel on patrol; the practice of the American space programme had always been water landings -- Gemini largely in the Atlantic, Apollo in the Pacific -- with Naval retrieval. Not bad for a law student.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: We jump ahead just a bit for the next title.1869-70: 'Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin' or 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World' appeared first in a serial format in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the 'Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation', later published in a lavishly illustrated format.

Herr Hetzel was Verne's publisher and confidant through much of his career.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Submarines were a new technology in Verne's time, and although they had actually seen combat in the American Civil War, they were rare craft indeed with similar technical problems to those of Verne's space-capsule. To have most of an exciting adventure take place on a lavishly-equipped and luxuriously-furnished boat was a look into the future.

Once again, we have Verne's stalwart trio, literally thrown into the sea for their encounter: Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story; Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land; and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil. Their rescuer, host and antagonist is the mysterious Captain Nemo -- Latin for 'no man', as he has renounced his previous life for vengeance -- who seems lost into a great maelstrom by the last sight the protagonists have of him.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Nemo and his world took inspiration from many real-world scientists and adventurers: Oceanographer Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury; Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, a famous explorer who was lost while circumnavigating the globe; Dumont D'Urville, the explorer who found the remains of Lapérouse's ship; and Ferdinand Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal and the nephew of the sole survivor of Lapérouse's expedition.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: The travelers witness the real corals of the Red Sea, the wrecks of the battle of Vigo Bay, the Antarctic ice shelves, the Transatlantic telegraph cable and the legendary submerged land of Atlantis. The travelers also use diving suits to hunt sharks and other marine life with air-guns and have an underwater funeral for a crew member who died when an accident occurred under mysterious conditions inside the Nautilus. And, of course, the giant squid. Or octopus. It depends on the translator and the crew who build the puppet for the stage play.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: (That seems to be everyone's favourite part.)

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach chuckles

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: More of Nemo's story is shared in 'L'Île mystérieuse', but his origin was purely the work of Verne's publisher. Nemo's original Polish origin and resentment of the Russian Empire was not politic for a French novel. Hetzel's urgings had Verne change Nemo to a Muslim prince of Mysore, done badly by the British East India Company and the devastation of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: The 20,000 leagues, incidentally, is the distance travelled, not the depth to which the Nautilus plunged - which would be physically impossible. It was suggestive of Twice around the world', another of Verne's great travels.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: For the sake of time, we will jump ahead to

1872: 'Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours', translated as 'Around the World in Eighty Days', greatly popular with adapters for the performing arts. Instead of a scientist, we have a proper and chronologically-exacting British gentleman, but we still have his manservant. There is no brawny fellow who starts out on the adventure with them this time. They are acquired, however, in short order, by Scotland Yard detective, Detective Fix, who has mistaken Fogg for a suspect he is pursuing. This is one of Verne's journeys with an actual itinerary: London to Suez, Suez to Bombay, on to Calcutta. From Calcutta to Hong Kong, hence to Yokohama, then all the way to San Francisco. One long trip to New York City would launch the party to London again, just in time to meet Fogg's demanding schedule. Naturally, it all goes pear-shaped. How could it be an adventure if it did not?

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: The train to Calcutta does not go all the way through, but in travelling to the next railhead, the two men rescue a young Indian widow from funeral sacrifice, 'sati' or 'suttee’. They take her along with them to deliver her safely to a relative in Hong Kong... who has moved to Holland. More problems ensue on getting to their trans-Pacific ship, then such obstructions on American soil as herds of buffalo, while Inspector Fix has decided it's best to arrest Fogg in London instead and becomes a helper in their journey. With all the delays, Fogg is sure he has lost a day of travel, but the International Date Line comes to his rescue and he is exactly 23 hours and 55 minutes early - and wins his wager. As you can see, the combination of tension, comic relief, character conflict and ja, even a romance between Fogg and Aouda the widow actually appearing in the book, have made it one of the most adapted Verne properties ever.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach points at the box of books.

 Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: This has inspired many non-fictional travel challenges at all stages of history since it was first printed. 80 days using public transport. 80 days as a television host. 80 days on a sailboat. It goes on. Something else that goes on is Verne's bibliography. There are perhaps three dozen more titles, most in the Voyages extraordinaires series, published after '80 Days'.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Three dozen.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: There were at least a half dozen manuscripts finished, re-written or inspiring Verne's son, and published after Jules Verne's death. Lastly, a novel he wrote predicting the 20th Century was published a century after it was written -- found in a safe-deposit box though emptied, it was held back by his publisher for being somewhat depressing. He had some amazing parallels in that novel as well. And we are nearly at the end of our hour. I hope you were all entertained, and that you enjoy your Verniana here before the stage.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: I will leave the gifts out for anyone who you might want to direct over here.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: The Gräfin and I made special effort for your balloon.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Zvi Har’El’s Jules Verne Collection at http://jv.gilead.org.il/

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: It has been in existence for about 20 years now.

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Next month we will have a presentation on...

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Funerals!

Solace Fairlady: and will it be delivered from beyond the grave?

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach: Hopefully not!

Baron Klaus Wulfenbach bows

~fin 

Editrixes - Fauve Aeon and Charlemagne Allen 

Verne! With Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (Unedited Transcript)

[14:15:41]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): My apologies for my lateness.
[14:15:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Guten Abend, and welcome everyone.
[14:16:08]  Caladon Rae (saeldurrae) lightly waves her fan at the Baron in greeting
[14:16:12]  Solace Fairlady: Guten abend Herr Baron:)
[14:16:21]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Our scheduled speaker had a family emergency and was not able to present today.
[14:16:22]  Darlingmonster Ember: hullo Herr Baron
[14:16:51]  Solace Fairlady: o dear, all good wishes to them!
[14:17:11]  Andrea Jones (andreajonesms): Hope it works out well for them
[14:17:33]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): That is kind of all of you. As you can see, you have plenty of gifts to take home with you today.
[14:17:57]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I hope you enjoy them and the talk. Do let me know if there are any permissions issues with any parts.
[14:17:59]  Solace Fairlady: You are going to deliver the salon in their stead?
[14:18:02]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): yay gifts!
[14:18:19]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Hence my delay, trying to get this all together in time, ja.
[14:18:36]  Solace Fairlady: bravo herr Baron!
[14:18:50]  Darlingmonster Ember settles in
[14:18:51]  Jimmy Branagh: Hallo Herr Baron!

[14:18:54]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I am not going to introduce myself, I think you know well enough by now. Let me start right in.
[14:18:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) nods
[14:19:03]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): As I was preparing this talk, I went to our excellent R.F. Burton Library over in Babbage Canals and found the volumes boxed here at the foot of the stage gathered under the heading 'Steam Precursors', although in this case, it is more the Steam mindset than the actual machinery. For all the fascinating inventions of our ancestors, it was Verne's creations of the mind during the second half of the 1800s which inspired some of the greatest leaps of human technology.
[14:19:08]  Jimmy Branagh: Oy knew if Oy stepped away the Baron would arrive.
[14:19:15]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) grins
[14:19:31]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Verne started his adult life in the study of the law, was distracted by the theatre, made a living as a stockbroker but ended as a great novelist. Let us start with 1862, and a story quoted by the UnMuseum:
[14:19:35]  Jimmy Branagh chuckles
[14:19:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): There is the legend that he stood on the steps of the Paris stock exchange and declared to his associates there, "My boys, I believe that I'm about to desert you. I had the kind of idea Emile Girardin says every man must have to make a fortune. I've just written a new kind of novel, and if it succeeds it will be an unexplored gold mine. In that case, I'll write more such books while you're buying your stock. And I think I'll earn the most money!" When his friends laughed at his comments, he replied, "Laugh, friends, we'll see who laughs longest."
[14:20:20]  Jimmy Branagh: hehe
[14:20:33]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Indeed.
[14:20:39]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): There are many Verne works, more than most realise, and a very useful aether-site to explore both his work and writings about Verne is Zvi Har’El’s Jules Verne Collection at http://jv.gilead.org.il/. What I shall do here is touch on his most notable works in chronological order and let you do further exploration at your own pace.
[14:21:16]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): We start with his first novel.
[14:21:18]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1863: 'Cinq semaines en ballon', or in English 'Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen' was Verne's first presentation of his dramatic trio: The Professor, the Manservant, and the Adventurer. Modelled after the explorations of Burton, Speke and Barth, the dramatic interior of sub-equatorial Africa unrolls before the reader in lush detail -- mostly accurate -- as the Englishmen travel from west to east encountering all sorts of perils.
[14:21:46]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): In the Paris daily 'Le Figaro' a review read, "Is Dr. Fergusson's journey a reality or is it not? All we can say is that it is bewitching as a novel and as instructive as a book of science. Never have the serious discoveries of celebrated travellers been summed up as well."
[14:22:11]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): This set the standard for what was to be expected from this new, fascinating author: Science of the day, applied to fantastical situations around the world.
[14:22:31]  Solace Fairlady: Englishmen as they were known to be crazy enough to do such things, and because the french werent:)
[14:22:37]  Darlingmonster Ember: ha
[14:22:39]  Darlingmonster Ember: lovely
[14:23:27]  Solace Fairlady waves unobtrusively to Duchess liz
[14:23:32]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I should note between volumes here that many of Verne's works were republished in different size formats, lavishly illustrated. I did not have enough time to procure illustrations to share with you today, but the Gutenberg Library often has copies available to borrow.
[14:23:41]  Liz Wilner smiles and waves to Solace
[14:23:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1864: 'Voyage au centre de la Terre', translated variably as 'A Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'A Journey to the Interior of the Earth', follows the explorations of Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans attempting to wind their way through volcanic tubes from the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, eventually emerging all the way down in Italy's famed Stromboli.
[14:24:18]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, the present book considerably added to its popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series. It would not surprise me at all if many future geologists and other earth studies scientists were impressed by this story in their youth.
[14:24:20]  Solace Fairlady: Admiral I think there is a space for you in that seat with your lady:)
[14:24:30]  Jimmy Branagh waves to Miss Liz
[14:24:41]  Liz Wilner waves to Jimmy
[14:24:56]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): In turn, the novel was inspired by Charles Lyell's 'Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man' of 1863, and includes some of the fantastical thoughts of lost Edenic environments hidden in a partly-hollow planet -- as when the Professor's party encounters dinosaurs, pre-historic mammals and even a anthropodic being which they speculate could be a very early Man.
[14:25:40]  Caladon Rae (saeldurrae): (moment. human is needed)
[14:25:44]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Artful Hammerer!
[14:26:10]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Due to the imaginative scenery -- volcanoes, vast caves, an underwater sea, groves of dinosaurs -- this has been a popularly acted entertainment, appearing in many forms -- not always adhering to the original material.
[14:26:23]  Darlingmonster Ember: snerks
[14:26:58]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Added romance, Fraulein Ember. That seems to be the most persistent edit.
[14:27:15]  Darlingmonster Ember: mmmm
[14:27:21]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) chuckles
[14:27:22]  Jimmy Branagh: (Wells got saddled with that too))
[14:27:35]  Solace Fairlady: a modern version would add romance between the professor and the manservant
[14:27:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1868: After a polar exploration novel, one of the 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series, Verne wrote and published 'De la terre à la lune', the remarkable 'From the Earth to the Moon'; and in the following year, 'Autour de la Lune', 'Around the Moon'. These books are a favourite of those who wish to demonstrate how scientifiction can anticipate a future reality.
[14:28:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The novel describes the efforts of a group of American weapons enthusiasts, the Baltimore Gun Club, to create a large enough cannon to launch three men all the way to the moon. The club deals with raising sufficient funds for the project, debates over the perfect location for the launch, and considers the issues of acceleration on human payload. Verne made solid attempts at creating calculations for all of the aspects of the launch despite not being an engineer or mathematician himself.
[14:29:18]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): It is far more entertaining to compare the novels and derive what he got right compared to the Apollo space programme:
[14:30:00]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel's launch location was 'Stone's Hill, Tampa Town, Florida'. The Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, is on the opposite coast of the peninsula, only 120 miles almost due east.
[14:30:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel suggested Americans would create this as a private project; Americans did create a moon launch, as a governmental effort.
[14:30:47]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel has the passenger capsule made of aluminium; the Apollo Command Model was made of an aluminum honeycomb-sandwich bonded between sheets of aluminum alloy. The process to make it a much more common material was not developed until 1886, and before then was rare enough that plate armour of aluminium was made only for kings.
[14:31:27]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel had a chemical carbon dioxide removal mechanism; the Apollo capusules and lunar landers used lithium hydroxide cartridges to do the same.
[14:31:57]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel has the trip to the moon take five days; the Apollo vehicle took three, due to better calculations. It is still an excellent estimate.
[14:32:25]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * The novel has the capsule approach the 'neutral point' balancing the gravities of the Earth and the Moon; this was later designated as L1 of the five Lagrangian points possible between any two large bodies. The Lagrange points mark positions where the combined gravitational pull of the two large masses provides precisely the centripetal force required to orbit with them. The maths were discovered by Leonhard Euler and Joseph-Louis Lagrange in the late 1700s.
[14:33:29]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I believe I saw mention of artificial satellites set into exactly this same point for technical purposes.
[14:33:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): * Lastly, for our purposes: The novel has the returned capsule land in the ocean and be retrieved, all hands in good condition, by a US Naval vessel on patrol; the practice of the American space programme had always been water landings -- Gemini largely in the Atlantic, Apollo in the Pacific -- with Naval retrieval.
[14:34:25]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Not bad for a law student.
[14:34:32]  Jimmy Branagh: Nope
[14:34:36]  Darlingmonster Ember: even better for a stockbroker
[14:34:54]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Liz Wilner!

[14:35:11]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): We jump ahead just a bit for the next title.
[14:35:15]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1869-70: 'Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin' or 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World' appeared first in a serial format in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the 'Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation', later published in a lavishly illustrated format.
[14:35:39]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Herr Hetzel was Verne's publisher and confidant through much of his career.
[14:36:02]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Submarines were a new technology in Verne's time, and although they had actually seen combat in the American Civil War, they were rare craft indeed with similar technical problems to those of Verne's space-capsule. To have most of an exciting adventure take place on a lavishly-equipped and luxuriously-furnished boat was a look into the future.
[14:36:29]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Once again, we have Verne's stalwart trio, literally thrown into the sea for their encounter: Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story; Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land; and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil. Their rescuer, host and antagonist is the mysterious Captain Nemo -- Latin for 'no man', as he has renounced his previous life for vengeance -- who seems lost into a great maelstrom by the last sight the protagonists have of him.
[14:36:59]  Solace Fairlady: French adventurers at last
[14:37:03]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Nemo and his world took inspiration from many real-world scientists and adventurers: Oceanographer Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury; Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, a famous explorer who was lost while circumnavigating the globe; Dumont D'Urville, the explorer who found the remains of Lapérouse's ship; and Ferdinand Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal and the nephew of the sole survivor of Lapérouse's expedition.
[14:37:40]  Solace Fairlady: and that is why he made them french:)
[14:38:12]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The travelers witness the real corals of the Red Sea, the wrecks of the battle of Vigo Bay, the Antarctic ice shelves, the Transatlantic telegraph cable and the legendary submerged land of Atlantis. The travelers also use diving suits to hunt sharks and other marine life with air-guns and have an underwater funeral for a crew member who died when an accident occurred under mysterious conditions inside the Nautilus.
[14:39:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): And, of course, the giant squid. Or octopus. It depends on the translator and the crew who build the puppet for the stage play.
[14:39:16]  Solace Fairlady: kraken
[14:39:19]  Ranulf Falconer chuckles
[14:39:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): (That seems to be everyone's favourite part.)
[14:39:45]  Jimmy Branagh: Kraken me up!
[14:39:51]  Edda (edan.borrelly) grins and nods
[14:39:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) chuckles
[14:39:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): More of Nemo's story is shared in 'L'Île mystérieuse', but his origin was purely the work of Verne's publisher. Nemo's original Polish origin and resentment of the Russian Empire was not politic for a French novel. Hetzel's urgings had Verne change Nemo to a Muslim prince of Mysore, done badly by the British East India Company and the devastation of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
[14:40:00]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson) stifles a giggle
[14:40:06]  Solace Fairlady: My favourite paret was young Mr Douglas
[14:40:15]  Solace Fairlady: *part
[14:40:34]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Bitte?
[14:40:59]  Solace Fairlady: the actor in one of the more famous screen adaptations:0
[14:41:03]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Aha.
[14:41:24]  Ranulf Falconer: "A young Kirk Douglas -- father of Michael."
[14:41:30]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The 20,000 leagues, incidentally, is the distance travelled, not the depth to which the Nautilus plunged - which would be physically impossible. It was suggestive of 'around the world', another of Verne's great travels.
[14:41:45]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Twice around, actually.
[14:41:53]  Caladon Rae (saeldurrae) nods to everyone "Pardon me, my presence is required at another space."
[14:42:03]  Solace Fairlady: safe travels m rae!
[14:42:14]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): For the sake of time, we will jump ahead to:
[14:42:16]  Jimmy Branagh waves
[14:42:27]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1872: 'Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours', translated as 'Around the World in Eighty Days', greatly popular with adapters for the performing arts. Instead of a scientist, we have a proper and chronologically-exacting British gentleman, but we still have his manservant. There is no brawny fellow who starts out on the adventure with them this time.
[14:43:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): They are acquired, however, in short order, by Scotland Yard detective, Detective Fix, who has mistaken Fogg for a suspect he is pursuing.
[14:45:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): This is one of Verne's journeys with an actual itinerary: London to Suez, Suez to Bombay, on to Calcutta. From Calcutta to Hong Kong, hence to Yokohama, then all the way to San Francisco.
[14:45:37]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): One long trip to New York City would launch the party to London again, just in time to meet Fogg's demanding schedule.
[14:45:44]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, OldeSoul Resident!
[14:45:50]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Naturally, it all goes pear-shaped. How could it be an adventure if it did not?
[14:46:02]  Ranulf Falconer grins
[14:46:09]  Solace Fairlady: he must have been a babbager
[14:46:18]  Solace Fairlady: what could poddibly go wrong?
[14:46:20]  Edda (edan.borrelly) laughs quietly
[14:46:22]  Solace Fairlady: *ss
[14:46:32]  Jimmy Branagh nods
[14:47:04]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, andreajonesms Resident!
[14:47:21]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The train to Calcutta does not go all the way through, but in travelling to the next railhead, the two men rescue a young Indian widow from funeral sacrifice, 'sati' or 'suttee'.
[14:47:34]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Ranulf Falconer!
[14:47:37]  Edda (edan.borrelly): oh!
[14:47:55]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): They take her along with them to deliver her safely to a relative in Hong Kong... who has moved to Holland.
[14:48:05]  Edda (edan.borrelly) takes notes
[14:48:15]  Darlingmonster Ember: :D
[14:48:30]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Edan Borrelly!
[14:49:15]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): More problems ensue on getting to their trans-Pacific ship, then such obstructions on American soil as herds of buffalo, while Inspector Fix has decided it's best to arrest Fogg in London instead and becomes a helper in their journey.
[14:50:26]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): With all the delays, Fogg is sure he has lost a day of travel, but the International Date Line comes to his rescue and he is exactly 23 hours and 55 minutes early - and wins his wager.
[14:50:36]  Edda (edan.borrelly) claps!
[14:50:41]  Jimmy Branagh claps
[14:50:47]  Jimmy Branagh: Wotta guy!
[14:50:52]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): well done
[14:51:34]  Ranulf Falconer: "An exciting finish."
[14:51:38]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): As you can see, the combination of tension, comic relief, character conflict and ja, even a romance between Fogg and Aouda the widow actually appearing in the book, have made it one of the most adapted Verne properties ever.
[14:52:03]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Wildstar Beaumont!
[14:52:09]  Edda (edan.borrelly): I need to go back and read it again.
[14:52:20]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Ancasta Resident!
[14:52:20]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Now you can.
[14:52:25]  Edda (edan.borrelly) smiles

[14:52:26]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) points at the box of books
[14:52:51]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): This has inspired many non-fictional travel challenges at all stages of history since it was first printed.
[14:53:09]  Darlingmonster Ember smiles
[14:53:39]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 80 days using public transport. 80 days as a television host. 80 days on a sailboat. It goes on.
[14:54:26]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Something else that goes on is Verne's bibliography. There are perhaps three dozen more titles, most in the Voyages extraordinaires series, published after '80 Days'.
[14:54:30]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Three dozen.
[14:54:59]  Jimmy Branagh: That'll keep ya busy
[14:55:04]  Darlingmonster Ember: nod
[14:55:05]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): There were at least a half dozen manuscripts finished, re-written or inspiring Verne's son, and published after Jules Verne's death.
[14:55:08]  Edda (edan.borrelly) nods
[14:55:53]  Andrea Jones (andreajonesms): must be off. bye all
[14:55:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Lastly, a novel he wrote predicting the 20th Century was published a century after it was written -- found in a safe-deposit box though emptied, it was held back by his publisher for being somewhat depressing.
[14:56:11]  Jimmy Branagh: Noight Miss
[14:56:13]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): He had some amazing parallels in that novel as well.
[14:56:17]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): this is new to me!
[14:56:21]  Solace Fairlady: safe travels Andrea!
[14:56:21]  Darlingmonster Ember: travel safe
[14:56:57]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): And we are nearly at the end of our hour. I hope you were all entertained, and that you enjoy your Verniana here before the stage.

[14:57:22]  Solace Fairlady: You are the best stand in, Herr baron!
[14:57:28]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Danke, Fraulein.
[14:57:29]  Solace Fairlady applauds
[14:57:30]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): thank you so much. Baron. That was most fascinating.
[14:57:30]  Jimmy Branagh applauds
[14:57:31]  Edda (edan.borrelly) applauds
[14:57:39]  Liz Wilner applauds
[14:57:40]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Are there any questions I can attempt to answer?
[14:57:43]  Jimmy Branagh: Thank you, Herr Baron!
[14:57:47]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson) claps quietly
[14:57:48]  Darlingmonster Ember applauds
[14:57:51]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Jimmy Branagh!
[14:57:53]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta) claps
[14:57:53]  Artful Hammerer: Excellent Stuff Baron, thank you
[14:57:55]  Ranulf Falconer applauds
[14:57:59]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Bitte sehr.
[14:58:09]  Ranulf Falconer: "This was exceptional."
[14:58:11]  Wildstar Beaumont: congrats Herr Baron, excellent talk!
[14:58:11]  Jimmy Branagh: The Baron alwhys gives a good talk
[14:58:16]  Solace Fairlady: that was a wonderful talk
[14:58:16]  Darlingmonster Ember: was a talent he was
[14:58:18]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, KillianBaileyJameson Resident!

[14:58:26]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I will leave the gifts out for anyone who you might want to direct over here.
[14:58:39]  Edda (edan.borrelly) smiles
[14:58:48]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The Gräfin and I made special effort for your balloon.
[14:58:52]  Jimmy Branagh: An' thenks faw th' giftf!
[14:58:58]  Solace Fairlady: what was the link again to the site you mentioned, Baron?
[14:58:59]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): thank you for the gifts as well, Baron. Looking forward to opening them.
[14:59:15]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I must tell you, as I did not get to include a notecard - the commands are Float and Land, not start and stop or any such like that.
[14:59:24]  Darlingmonster Ember: Present are always accepted
[14:59:26]  Darlingmonster Ember: aha
[14:59:29]  Darlingmonster Ember: float/land
[14:59:30]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): The aether-site? One moment.
[14:59:32]  Darlingmonster Ember: got it
[14:59:48]  Saffia Widdershins is Offline
[14:59:50]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Zvi Har’El’s Jules Verne Collection at http://jv.gilead.org.il/
[15:00:04]  Solace Fairlady: Dankeschon:)
[15:00:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): It has been in existence for about 20 years now.
[15:00:13]  You decline St. Luke's Parish from A group member named RevGreeterbot Resident.
[15:00:33]  Solace Fairlady: a relative of the man of steel, with that name?
[15:00:53]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) chuckles
[15:00:58]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): You might have to ask.
[15:01:06]  Jimmy Branagh: The crazy uncle, never flew straight
[15:01:36]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Anyone else?
[15:01:37]  Darlingmonster Ember: made a fortune with elevated trains
[15:02:01]  Jimmy Branagh: ehhe
[15:02:17]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): All right then.
[15:02:32]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson) gathers her things to depart
[15:02:36]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Vielen dank for your attendance and tips. The Salon appreciates each one of you.


[15:02:48]  Liz Wilner: thank you, Baron...that was fascinating :)
[15:02:49]  Wildstar Beaumont: thank you her Baron
[15:02:51]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Next month we will have a presentation on...
[15:02:52]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): always a pleasure
[15:02:54]  Jimmy Branagh: Thenks again Herr Baron.  Great talk.
[15:02:55]  Uni Ninetails is Offline
[15:02:57]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, OldeSoul Resident!
[15:02:59]  Solace Fairlady: and we very much appreciate the salon and you, herr baron:)
[15:03:05]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul): Thanks Herr Baron
[15:03:07]  Darlingmonster Ember: ...?
[15:03:10]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Funerals!
[15:03:16]  Ranulf Falconer: hmmmmm
[15:03:23]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I had to check the calendar.
[15:03:24]  Darlingmonster Ember: oh I could learn a lot then!
[15:03:26]  Wildstar Beaumont: :)
[15:03:26]  Ranulf Falconer grins
[15:03:29]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): funerals? how fun!
[15:03:33]  Solace Fairlady: that sounds interesting!
[15:03:40]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Victorian way of death.
[15:03:42]  Liz Wilner: sounds...uplifting and cheery!  lol
[15:03:43]  Ranulf Falconer: "Fascinating."
[15:03:43]  Edda (edan.borrelly): Hmmm it could be!  I love wakes!
[15:03:45]  Jimmy Branagh: Who's the speaker?
[15:03:52]  Wildstar Beaumont: good night everyone
[15:03:59]  Edda (edan.borrelly): Goodnight!
[15:03:59]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Me :p
[15:04:01]  Jimmy Branagh: Noight Admiral
[15:04:01]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Presented by Frau Gräfin Wulfriðe Blitzen herself.
[15:04:01]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): Victorian death customs are so interesting
[15:04:03]  Solace Fairlady: and will it be delivered from beyond the grave?
[15:04:05]  Jimmy Branagh: AHhhhh
[15:04:06]  Darlingmonster Ember: :D
[15:04:07]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) is Offline
[15:04:12]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Hopefully not!
[15:04:17]  Liz Wilner: I must dash...goodnight everyone :)
[15:04:18]  Solace Fairlady: indeed!
[15:04:27]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): I won't make it depressing, I'll add some fun facts to terrify your friends with
[15:04:28]  Solace Fairlady: safe travels Duchess liz, hugs:)
[15:04:29]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Gute Nacht, those going.
[15:04:31]  Jimmy Branagh: Noight awl!
[15:04:33]  C?????? K?????? (killianbaileyjameson): good evening, all! take care.
[15:04:40]  Edda (edan.borrelly): Goodnight :)
[15:04:44]  Ranulf Falconer grins, "Sounds... delicious?"
[15:04:53]  Jimmy Branagh bows to the Baron, waves and zaps
[15:04:53]  Artful Hammerer: Good night all, see you about
[15:04:58]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) waves
[15:05:00]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Night everyone!
[15:05:22]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I must see to some tier.
[15:05:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) bows
[15:05:27]  Darlingmonster Ember curtsies
[15:05:28]  Solace Fairlady bobs a curtsey
[15:05:38]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) bows
[15:05:39]  Solace Fairlady: thank you all, be well:)
[15:05:42]  Solace Fairlady: hugs all round
[15:05:47]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): And you.
[15:05:47]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Take care, Ladies!
[15:06:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): You were, once again, a great assistance.
[15:06:19]  Russell A. Firecrest (adventureruss) took a snapshot.
[15:06:19]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Danke.
[15:06:25]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) smiles
[15:06:27]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): The bill will be in the mail
[15:06:35]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta) grins
[15:06:41]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Ha! Not undeserved at all.
~fin

Pirates! (Unedited Transcript)

[14:05]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Shall we get started?
[14:05]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): Hi Ms Eili
[14:05]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): Greetings, Elidh
[14:05]  Wildstar Beaumont: let us
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): A few quick points before we start properly.
[14:06]  Charlemagne Allen: please do
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 1) To ensure you can hear the speaker, stand or sit on the patterned carpet.
[14:06]  Tepic Harlequin: Honeymooner's salad! Let us alone! hehehe
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 2) Sit whereever you might like in the provided seating. If you would prefer a wearable chair, please contact me in IM. The director's chairs are for Tinies.
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 3) Please remove all lag-feeding thingamajigs you might be wearing.
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 4) A tip jar is out for our speaker. Do please show your appreciation!
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 5) Any tips to help support the establishment will also be welcome - just click on one of the support signs or this handsome clank floating above us.
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 6) If you are not a member of the AEther Salon group, there are signs that will let you join up. You'll be most heartily welcome.
[14:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 7 ) Edited and unedited transcripts of these proceedings will be posted at http://aethersalon.blogspot.com.
[14:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): 8) Tea and treats are set out - help yourself! Beware of possible Hatchies guarding the sweet biscuits.
[14:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) paid you L$250.
[14:08]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Admiral Beaumont's presentations on various aspects of naval history have become so popular, he is now a Salon institution, and returns every September with new and fascinating information. As Admiral of the Rosehaven fleet, he is well versed on all these aspects, and today brings us the Golden Age of Piracy!
[14:08]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Danke, Herr Admiral, and welcome back.
[14:08]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) applauds
[14:08]  Wildstar Beaumont: thank you Herr Baron !
[14:09]  Wildstar Beaumont: Arr everyone !
[14:09]  Dee Wells (promiscute): Arrrrrrrrr
[14:09]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Arrr.
[14:09]  Wildstar Beaumont: Thanks for coming ! :)
[14:09]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): Arrr!
[14:09]  Tepic Harlequin: Arrrrrr Captain!
[14:09]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): Arrr :)
[14:09]  Wildstar Beaumont: It has become almost a tradition for me to give a naval themed talk in the month of September
[14:09]  Podruly Peccable: arrr!
[14:09]  Charlemagne Allen: wonderful
[14:09]  Wildstar Beaumont: This year the theme focuses on something very popular: the golden age of piracy
[14:10]  Wildstar Beaumont: The golden age of piracy is traditionally considered lasting from the 1650s to 1730s. However, many historians now believe that the majority of plundering and action took place over just a decade from 1716 to 1726
[14:10]  Wildstar Beaumont: This coincides with the end of the Spanish Succession War  (1701-14) when many well trained sailors previously employed in the European navies found themselves out of work
[14:11]  Wildstar Beaumont: Many of the merchant sailors previously used by their country’s navies  and the privateers who had taken payment in the form of the portion of the spoils  turned to piracy.
[14:11]  Wildstar Beaumont: After all the art of plundering was what they knew best
[14:11]  Tepic Harlequin: Transferable skills!
[14:11]  Wildstar Beaumont: During this period  in history there was growing merchant traffic in the Atlantic
[14:11]  Stereo Nacht: Good evening Mr. Jervil!
[14:12]  Vernden Jervil: Evening Stereo
[14:12]  Dee Wells (promiscute) waves to Vernden :)
[14:12]  Wildstar Beaumont: Ships sailed out of Europe carrying weapons and other manufactured goods to the coast of Africa where they were traded for slaves. The slaves were then shipped to the Caribbean where they were traded for tobacco, cocoa and sugar which was then shipped back to Europe. This was known as the Triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade
[14:12]  Stereo Nacht waves quietly as she tries to find a chair without disturbing anyone
[14:12]  Vernden Jervil waves at where he thinks Dee is
[14:12]  Dee Wells (promiscute): ;)
[14:12]  Wildstar Beaumont: These trading routes created prime targets for pirates operating in Caribbean waters.
[14:13]  Wildstar Beaumont: In 1715, a group of pirates swooped on Spanish divers attempting to recover the cargo of a galleon which had sunk off the coast of Florida.
[14:13]  Wildstar Beaumont: This would become the richest raid of the Golden Age as the cargo was gold. The pirates were English ex-privateers Henry Jennings, Charles Vane, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England and Benjamin Hornigold who became known as the Flying Gang.
[14:13]  Charlemagne Allen: hello stereo
[14:14]  Wildstar Beaumont: When they went back to  Jamaica  they found the ports closed to them and the governor was refusing to allow them to spend their plundered gold on the island
[14:14]  Stereo Nacht ponders; "Flying gang wihtout an airship?"
[14:15]  Wildstar Beaumont: This prompted to  create a new island base in the Bahamas. The town of Nassau ,in the island of New Providence, which had a harbour that was too shallow for Royal Navy ships to enter became their new ‘home’ (any “Black Sails” fan here ?)
[14:15]  Wildstar Beaumont grins at Captain Stereo
[14:15]  Podruly Peccable raises his hand
[14:15]  Wildstar Beaumont: Sir Pod ?
[14:15]  Vernden Jervil whispers over to Stereo "They didn't invent airship for at least a few more months...or something"
[14:15]  Dee Wells (promiscute) snickers
[14:15]  Podruly Peccable: Sorry, I'm a fan of Black Sails
[14:16]  Wildstar Beaumont: not until Steam , anyway ;)
[14:16]  Wildstar Beaumont smiles
[14:16]  Wildstar Beaumont: I am too :)
[14:16]  Satu Moreau: Hehe
[14:16]  Wildstar Beaumont: Edward Teach (or Thatch), better known as Blackbeard, is perhaps the most famous pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy.
[14:16]  Wildstar Beaumont: more about him later
[14:17]  Charlemagne Allen: i do hope so
[14:17]  Wildstar Beaumont: However the  of most successful pirate was a captain who became at least five times richer than Blackbeard. His name was Bartholomew Roberts… otherwise known as Black Bart.
[14:18]  Wildstar Beaumont: However the title* of most successful ...
[14:18]  Wildstar Beaumont: Bartholomew Roberts was forced to join a pirate crew after his ship was captured
[14:19]  Wildstar Beaumont: Only six weeks after his capture, Bartholomew Roberts became Captain of Howell Davis’ pirate fleet after the former captain was killed trying to raid a British Island off the coast of Africa.
[14:19]  Tepic Harlequin: blimey.... a good career path then? loads of advancement?
[14:19]  Wildstar Beaumont: Black Bart had adapted quite easily to pirate life and he is quoted to have said : “"In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labour; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and who would not balance creditor on this side, when all the hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sour look or two at choking. No, a merry life and a short one, shall be my motto.“
[14:20]  Wildstar Beaumont: He went on  to successfully capture over 400 ships, acquiring loot with an estimated value of around £23 million.
[14:20]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) raises his eyebrows
[14:20]  Satu Moreau: Holy cow
[14:20]  Podruly Peccable: Wow
[14:20]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): What would that be in lindens today?
[14:20]  Wildstar Beaumont: He was eventually killed  in 1722 when  HMS Swallow spotted his fleet while most crewmen where drunk celebrating the capture of another ship
[14:21]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): goodness
[14:21]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): wait - Million ?
[14:21]  Wildstar Beaumont: yep ... 23 million pounds
[14:21]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): At the time, or modern equivalent?
[14:21]  Charlemagne Allen: That's usually how it happens
[14:22]  Vernden Jervil: and then his ship sank, cause that is heavy (forgive American humor)
[14:22]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): equivalent surely
[14:22]  Charlemagne Allen: drum roll
[14:22]  Wildstar Beaumont: that is a good question Herr Baron ... my source did not specify and I wondered myself ...
[14:22]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): I remember when an ounce of gold was $32
[14:23]  Vernden Jervil: 23 million is possible, the wealth of the world was moved by ship back then
[14:23]  Podruly Peccable: probably wasn't on his tax return
[14:23]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): :)
[14:24]  Wildstar Beaumont: Many historians believe the death of Black Bart effectively ended the Golden Age of Piracy as it began a trend of expanding the reach of law-enforcing naval ships into previously lawless open seas.
[14:24]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): That would be around L$7,098,327,200.
[14:25]  Wildstar Beaumont: I would not condier that irrealistinc , considering the value of 400 captured ships
[14:25]  Vernden Jervil: So at least a few months tier
[14:25]  Wildstar Beaumont: :)
[14:25]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): oh my goodness
[14:25]  Charlemagne Allen: Did he stash it somewhere?
[14:25]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Liz Wilner!
[14:25]  Wildstar Beaumont: Despite  the golden age of piracy being often associated with the Caribbean, Black Bart’s success and the success of many other pirates may have been inspired by Captain Henry Every, a notorious pirate on the first ‘Pirate Round’ in the Indian Ocean.
[14:25]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Podruly Peccable!
[14:25]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Stereo Nacht!
[14:26]  Wildstar Beaumont: The Pirate Round is a term used to describe a piracy route in the Indian Ocean around the end of the 17th century.
[14:26]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) paid you L$100.
[14:26]  Wildstar Beaumont: Thomas Tew, also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, coined the term after successfully raiding ships off the Cape of Good Hope. His success inspired others, including Henry Every, to operate as pirates in the same area.
[14:27]  Wildstar Beaumont: Tew he joined forces with Every and others to target a ship owned by the Mughal Empire in India. Tew was killed in the raid but Every successfully plundered riches worth at least £325,000.
[14:27]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Eden Resident!
[14:27]  Wildstar Beaumont: This led to the British East India Company putting a bounty on his head and appointing William Kidd (more on him later) as a privateer to hunt him down
[14:27]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, OldeSoulEldemar Resident!
[14:27]  Wildstar Beaumont: After the raid, Henry Every vanished and nothing is known of his whereabouts after 1696. Legend has it that he established a pirate utopia on a tropical island that has never been identified and lived out the rest of his days as the King of Pirates
[14:27]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) paid you L$100.
[14:28]  Tepic Harlequin: were he the original Billy the Kidd?
[14:28]  Vernden Jervil: hee
[14:28]  Wildstar Beaumont: The fact that he evaded capture despite a hefty bounty on his head no doubt inspired many down-trodden seamen to chance their luck aboard a pirate ship in the Golden Age of Piracy.
[14:28]  Wildstar Beaumont: As you may know – or have guessed - have  guessed William Kidd turned to a life of piracy himself.
[14:29]  Wildstar Beaumont: Kidd started was appointed a privateer, to hunt pirates like Henry  Every and also raid enemy ships. The King issued Captain Kidd with written permission to apprehend all pirates of any nationality and granted him special permission to attack and plunder all French ships.  However, it was also made clear in writing that he must not attack any ship that was a friend of the Crown
[14:29]  Wildstar Beaumont: After month s without any booty , under pressure from a disgruntled crew, he turned to piracy.
[14:29]  Stereo Nacht: So, basically, be a pirate against French ships, arrest all other pirates...
[14:30]  Wildstar Beaumont: yep !
[14:30]  Wildstar Beaumont: that's basically a privateer ;)
[14:30]  Vernden Jervil: pretty much the life of a privateer
[14:30]  Tepic Harlequin: if yer got a letter from yer King, it's alright.....
[14:30]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): :)
[14:30]  Wildstar Beaumont: After capturing a rich Armenian ship and after heading to the West Indies, Kidd discovered he was being accused of piracy and was a wanted man.
[14:30]  Vernden Jervil: or at least a king, no need to be picky
[14:30]  Stereo Nacht: Hm. Do you think the Guv'nah would provide me such a letter? ;-)
[14:31]  Stereo Nacht: (Or maybe the Vicereine?)
[14:31]  Wildstar Beaumont: well ... I have such a letter issued by Miss Serra ;)
[14:31]  Stereo Nacht: Ooooh!
[14:31]  Charlemagne Allen: King of the Pirates!
[14:31]  Wildstar Beaumont: Captain Kidd tried to negotiate a pardon but he was arrested and sent to England to be put on trial. The trial is now known to be  shamelessly flawed but William Kidd was found guilty and hanged .
[14:32]  Wildstar Beaumont: It took two attempts to hang Captain Kidd as the first rope placed around his neck broke and he dropped to the ground still alive. His corpse was then tarred and placed in an iron cage and displayed to all
[14:32]  Wildstar Beaumont: After his death his legend grew, and the belief that pirates buried their treasure gathered strength- fuelled to this day by tales such as Treasure Island.
[14:32]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Zantabraxus Aristocarnas!
[14:33]  Wildstar Beaumont: From 1716 to 1718, Blackbeard became the most feared pirate in the Caribbean and on the Atlantic. His reign of terror lasted just two years but his legacy lives on to this day.
[14:33]  Wildstar Beaumont: Blackbeard is thought to have been born in England as Edward Teach or Thatch. Little is known of his early life but it’s believed that he may have developed his skills as a sailor working aboard privateering ships
[14:33]  Wildstar Beaumont: He joined Captain Benjamin Hornigold, of Flying Gang fame, on the island of New Providence around 1716. Soon he captured a large French slave ship, La Concorde, which Teach renamed Queen Anne’s Revenge.
[14:34]  Wildstar Beaumont: At the end of 1717 Hornigold retired from piracy and he accepted the King’s Pardon (he had never attacked British cargo even as a pirate). Edward Teach continued to terrorise the seas and his fearsome appearance led to him becoming known as Blackbeard.
[14:35]  Wildstar Beaumont: A man of considerable size, he made himself larger than life by wearing a crimson red coat, long boots and a wide hat, under which he would wear more burning ropes fastened into his hair.
[14:35]  Wildstar Beaumont: So, his reputation alone was enough to make most merchant ships surrender without putting up any sort of fight…
[14:35]  Wildstar Beaumont: Once a ship was captured, all of her crew and passengers would be taken hostage while the cabins were stripped of any jewellery, gold, silver and coins that could be found. Blackbeard was cunning, fearless and ruthless but despite his reputation for cruel treatment, no written or verified record exists of him ever murdering or harming any of his captives.
[14:36]  Wildstar Beaumont: However, there are many legendary tales surrounding his behaviour.  It is told that once he shot and killed his own first mate, then saying to his crewmen, “If I don’t shoot one or two of you now and then, you’ll forget who I am.”
[14:37]  Wildstar Beaumont: Blackbeard lived in the pirate haven of Nassau and had bases in the Bahamas and the Carolinas.He did not welcome the arrival of Royal Governor Woodes Rogers in Nassau or the King’s Pardons he offered to all pirates living there. He chose to settle in North Carolina, where,, despite the informal protection of the local governor, he the attention of the Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, who didn’t like the fact that such a ferocious and notorious character lived nearby.
[14:37]  Stereo Nacht: (INteresting. A pirate who only killed pirates... Of his own ship.)
[14:38]  Wildstar Beaumont: Spotswood hired two small sloops capable of sailing in Blackbeard favourite shallow waters and put them under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
[14:38]  Wildstar Beaumont: On the evening of November 21st, Maynard and his sloops found Blackbeard’s sloop anchored off the North Carolina coastline. After a day of pursuit and close engagements  (Maynard and Bleakbeard were close enough to exchange heated words)  one of the two sloops was hit hard with a surprise broadside attack
[14:39]  Wildstar Beaumont: After Maynard tricked Bleakbeard to board his other sloop, it all ended with Maynard and Teach themselves fighting with their swords. Eventually Bleakbeard died of blood loss. loss. Maynard then cut off his head and hung it from his bow.” It is said  that Blackbeard had over 20 stab wounds and five gunshot wounds before he died.
[14:40]  Tepic Harlequin: cor! they was tough blokes!
[14:40]  Wildstar Beaumont: In 1996, the sunken remains of a ship believed to be Blackbeard's Queen Anne’s Revenge were discovered off the coast of North Carolina and thousands of tourists now visit each year.
[14:40]  Stereo Nacht: Maybe he was a construct?
[14:40]  Satu Moreau: You'd be surprised what some people can manage with.
[14:40]  Wildstar Beaumont: Despite  Bleakbeard’s fame  he’s not considered the most ruthless pirate of them all.
Edward Law holds this questionable title.  His red skeleton flag struck terror into the hearts of all who saw it approaching
[14:41]  Vernden Jervil: Could be , the story I heard tells of how he kept swimming after his head was removed
[14:41]  Dee Wells (promiscute): 0.O
[14:41]  Wildstar Beaumont: Captain Edward ‘Ned’ Low was an active pirate in the Caribbean towards the end of the Golden Age. Born in England into poverty, he moved to New England and switched from pick-pocketing to piracy around 1720. He became a notoriously violent pirate who captured over 100 ships in his three-year career
[14:41]  Wildstar Beaumont: His story is retold less often than those of the likes of Blackbeard or Black Bart. The most likely reason for this is his reputation for brutality against his captives and his crew, making him a cold-hearted murderer rather than a romanticized folk hero.
[14:42]  Wildstar Beaumont: Unlike Blackbeard who cultivated a murderous image but apparently never actually harmed any of his captives, Edward Low did harm his captives by violently torturing them before killing them. He is known for his "mutilations, disembowellings, decapitations, and slaughter" more than his acts of piracy.
[14:42]  Charlemagne Allen: How pleasant
[14:43]  Wildstar Beaumont: The fate of Edward Low is unclear but one belief is that his crew mutinied after he murdered a sleeping crewman and that he was cast adrift without food or water. After being rescued by a French ship, his identity was discovered and he was hanged in Martinique in 1724. However, others believe that he was never caught and lived the rest of his life in Brazil
[14:43]  Wildstar Beaumont: It is rather known that not all pirates were men. Two female pirates were known to be active in the Golden Age of Piracy and both sailed with Captain John Rackham, better known as Calico Jack. Their names were Anne Bonny and Mary Read.
[14:44]  Wildstar Beaumont: Calico Jack had little impact as a pirate in the Caribbean compared to the likes of Black Bart and Blackbeard. However, he did make his mark in history as a brave and daring man.
[14:44]  Wildstar Beaumont: At a point Calico Jack and his pirate crewmen eventually accepted the royal pardon. He met Anne Bonny, the wife of a small-time pirate. They became lovers and she fell pregnant with Jack’s baby and went to Cuba to give birth. Soon after, she returned to Nassau without the child; no-one is sure what became of it.
[14:45]  Liz Wilner: goodness
[14:45]  Wildstar Beaumont: Calico Jack soon got restless on land and made the decision to return to a life of piracy. Anne Bonny joined his crew along with several other ‘retired’ pirates bored of life on shore. One of them was  Mary Read, who was dressed as a man.
[14:45]  Wildstar Beaumont: Both women soon gained themselves a reputation for being tough, capable and often ruthless pirates. They were known to fight, drink and swear every bit as well as the men and accounts given by fellow crewmen state that Anne and Mary were bloodthirsty and violent.
[14:45]  Dee Wells (promiscute) waves to Edda :)
[14:46]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) grins :)
[14:46]  Wildstar Beaumont: In the October of 1720, Calico Jack’s ship was tracked down by bounty hunters , the whole pirate crew was captured and taken to Jamaica to stand trial.
[14:46]  Wildstar Beaumont: Calico Jack and all his men were hanged in November, but the execution of Bonny and Read was postponed as both women declared they were pregnant.
[14:47]  Wildstar Beaumont: According to legend, Bonny saw Calico Jack one last time before his hanging and said, "I'm sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog."
[14:47]  Stereo Nacht: o.O
[14:47]  Wildstar Beaumont: It’s known that Mary Read developed a fever and died in prison a few months later but the fate of Anne Bonny is a mystery
[14:48]  Wildstar Beaumont: No one knows for sure what became of her but some believe she was eventually freed and, where she became a respectable wife and mother until her death in old age. The only thing that’s known for sure is that there is no record of her execution
[14:49]  Wildstar Beaumont: ... and moved to Virginia* where she became a respectable wife and mother ...
[14:49]  Wildstar Beaumont: sorry about the missing words
[14:49]  Wildstar Beaumont: Thank you for your attention.
[14:49]  Vernden Jervil: is ok we like playing mad libs
[14:50]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): It's a fascinating subject :)
[14:50]  Stereo Nacht: The admiral had his words plundered by literate pirates! O.O
[14:50]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Tepic Harlequin!
[14:50]  Wildstar Beaumont: Much was left out  since it could not make into a one hour presentation. We haven’t touched  the pirate code, the pirate lifestyle, ships and tactics, weapons and ammunitions. We haven’t discussed the jolly roger and the other various flags.
[14:50]  Stereo Nacht:  `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[14:50]  Liz Wilner whispers...welcome, darling :)
[14:50]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Vernden Jervil!
[14:50]  Wildstar Beaumont: So, be back in September 2018. I am sure we will have more to tell
[14:50]  Oriella Charik claps
[14:50]  Wildstar Beaumont: :)
[14:50]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Eilidh McCullough!
[14:50]  Wildstar Beaumont: Arrrr !
[14:50]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) applauds
[14:50]  Podruly Peccable applauds
[14:50]  Eden:             ★(`'·.¸:•.•:*¨*☆•☆*¨¨*:•.•:¸.·'´)★
[14:50]  Eden:             ♬♬♬,.-:*   APPLAUSE   *:-.,♬♬♬
[14:50]  Eden:      ★(¸.·'´(¸.·'´:•.•:*¨*☆•☆*¨¨*:•.•:`'·.¸)`'·.¸)★
[14:50]  Zantabraxus Aristocarnas applauds
[14:50]  Liz Wilner applauds
[14:50]  Dee Wells (promiscute): Excellent. Thank you, Admiral :)
[14:51]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, SelenaAnansi Resident!
[14:51]  Satu Moreau claps
[14:51]  Rowan Derryth waves a bottle of rum in appreciation
[14:51]  Vernden Jervil: applauds
[14:51]  Ranulf Falconer: "Well done."
[14:51]  Eilidh McCullough: ♩♪♫♬  APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬
[14:51]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): ¸♥`*•.¸ APPLAUSE ¸.•*´♥¸
[14:51]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): *.:｡✿*ﾟαρρℓαυѕє ‘ﾟ･✿.｡.:*
[14:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) paid you L$100.
[14:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Splendid work, as always.
[14:52]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas): (Be right back)
[14:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) applauds
[14:52]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): a job well done sir !
[14:52]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, Ancasta Resident!
[14:52]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas) is Offline
[14:52]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, promiscute Resident!
[14:52]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): I am so sorry I missed it :((
[14:52]  Ancasta applauds  - fascinating talk, thank you
[14:52]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): We have some good transcriptionists on board now, Highness.
[14:52]  Liz Wilner: well done :)
[14:52]  Podruly Peccable: Very interesting Admiral
[14:54]  Wildstar Beaumont: questions anybody ?
[14:54]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas) is Online
[14:54]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Perhaps vexillology next year?
[14:54]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) bows over Zanta's hand
[14:54]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): could you redo the talk now that I a, jere?
[14:54]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): * am here
[14:54]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) chuckles
[14:54]  Wildstar Beaumont smiles ... that would be fascinating Herr Baron
[14:55]  Wildstar Beaumont: we can organize a private session in our Library Princess :)
[14:55]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): oh nice!
[14:55]  Liz Wilner: the Admiral's talk was very informative
[14:55]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): i am sure it was wondreful
[14:56]  Wildstar Beaumont: and remember .. the 19th is "talk like a pirate day"
[14:56]  Wildstar Beaumont: but I am sure you all know :)
[14:56]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): Arrr!!!
[14:56]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): yarrr!
[14:56]  Eilidh McCullough: yarrr
[14:56]  Vernden Jervil: yarrr
[14:56]  Wildstar Beaumont: SL is very much pirate oriented this weekend :)
[14:56]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Arrrrrr!
[14:56]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): Very enjoyable, Admiral :)
[14:56]  Charlemagne Allen: Wonderful lecture
[14:56]  Vernden Jervil: what day is it anyways I lost track
[14:57]  Wildstar Beaumont: even the snails races as pirates yesterday ! ;)
[14:57]  Charlemagne Allen: How true is the legend of the lost pirate gold? How did that get started?
[14:57]  Wildstar Beaumont: the 19th of September
[14:57]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): I'll practice my "Arrrrrh!"  until then :)
[14:57]  Wildstar Beaumont: many legends were born around lost gold
[14:57]  Satu Moreau: Hehe
[14:58]  Charlemagne Allen: Friday, Vernden
[14:58]  Wildstar Beaumont: around Henry Every for instance
[14:58]  Wildstar Beaumont: or William Kidd
[14:58]  Zantabraxus (zantabraxus.aristocarnas) is Offline
[14:58]  Satu Moreau: XD Sunday
[14:58]  Oriella Charik: The book about all this is by Captain Johnson
[14:58]  Oriella Charik: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates
[14:58]  Wildstar Beaumont: basically every Pirate was said to have hidden gold
[14:59]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): it not like they could walk into a bank or anything
[14:59]  Liz Wilner: lol...nooo
[14:59]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Sunken ships and wishful thinking, I suppose?
[14:59]  Charlemagne Allen: of course
[14:59]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) grins
[14:59]  Vernden Jervil: reports say they pretty much threw away their money like drunken saliors
[15:00]  Wildstar Beaumont: by the way ... if interested , I took much material from this book
[15:00]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, SelenaAnansi Resident!
[15:00]  Wildstar Beaumont: Auerbach, Patrick. Pirates: The True and Surprising Story of the Pirates of the Caribbean
[15:00]  Stereo Nacht: Good night Admiral Beaumont, Mr. Moreau, Ms. Charik, Ms. Cole, 'Ti Eilidh, Ms. Moon, Sir Podruly, Admiral JErvilPrincess Selena, Mr. Derryth, Ms. Allen, Ms. Eldemar, Mr. Eldemar, Baron Wulfenbach, Ms. WIlner, and everyone! Off to the dulcimer I go!
[15:00]  Satu Moreau: Night, Ms. Nacht
[15:00]  Vernden Jervil: night!
[15:00]  Liz Wilner: goodnight, Stereo :)
[15:00]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): Good nigth
[15:01]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): g'night!
[15:01]  Eilidh McCullough: Night all, I'm off too
[15:01]  Wildstar Beaumont: and also this : Johnson, Captain Charles; Defoe, Daniel. HISTORY OF PIRATES – True Story of the Most Notorious Pirates: Charles Vane, Mary Read, Captain Avery, Captain Teach "Blackbeard", Captain Phillips, Captain ... Edward Low, Major Bonnet and many more
[15:01]  Wildstar Beaumont: good night everybody
[15:01]  Wildstar Beaumont: thanks for coming
[15:01]   Єɗℯɳ ℳợợղ  (eden): Goodnight all :)
[15:01]  Satu Moreau: Thanks for the interesting talk, Mr. Beaumont
[15:01]  Podruly Peccable: Goodnight all, thanks for the talk
[15:01]  Liz Wilner applauds the Admiral
[15:01]  Charlemagne Allen: Thank you very much
[15:01]  Charlemagne Allen: need to poof
[15:01]  Charlemagne Allen: Wonderful lecture
[15:02]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta) waves to those leaving
[15:02]  Suellen Cole (suellencole): Thank you for the talk admiral.
[15:02]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): Thank you so much sir - it was very interesting
[15:02]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): Thank you again, Wildstar :)
[15:02]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi) claps and give a little arrrrr
[15:02]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): take care everyone :)
[15:02]  Salon Speaker Tipjar: Thank you for supporting the Aether Salon, SuellenCole Resident!
[15:02]  Cassie Eldemar (cassiewritereldemar): ~ faerie hugs ~
[15:02]  Liz Wilner: you did slendidly, my dear :)
[15:03]  OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesouleldemar): take care everyone
[15:03]  Wildstar Beaumont: thank you :)
[15:03]  Vernden Jervil: Ok time for me to move along, good to see everyone
[15:03]  Oriella Charik: farewell, all!
[15:03]  Dee Wells (promiscute): Take care :)
[15:03]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Danke, everyone for attending.
[15:03]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Take care
[15:03]  Liz Wilner: goodnight all :)
[15:04]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Hey, Jed! :)
[15:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) bows
[15:04]  Jedburgh Dagger (jedburgh30.dagger): Hi
[15:04]  Ranulf Falconer: "Greetings!"
[15:04]  Wildstar Beaumont: here's Miss Jed who hid herself while talking about sails ;)
[15:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Princess, I am glad you came no matter how late.
[15:04]  Liz Wilner: hi Jed :)
[15:04]  Satu Moreau: Take care, everyone.
[15:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Hallo, Commodore!
[15:04]  Jedburgh Dagger (jedburgh30.dagger): oh wait, was it antique day again?
[15:04]  Satu Moreau: And thank you, Mr. Beaumont. Thank you, Baron.
[15:04]  Jedburgh Dagger (jedburgh30.dagger): Hi!
[15:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) chuckles
[15:04]  Ranulf Falconer: "I am not that old."
[15:04]  Wildstar Beaumont: heheh
[15:04]  Liz Wilner: lol
[15:04]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Danke, Highness.
[15:04]  Wildstar Beaumont: afk a second
[15:05]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): If you cant make use of any of that feel free to toss
[15:05]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): I just wish I'd gotten here sooner.
[15:05]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): me too Edda
[15:05]  Liz Wilner: the transcript should be up soo...yes?
[15:05]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): We will have it posted as soon as our transcriptionists can manage.
[15:05]  Wildstar Beaumont: back
[15:06]  Liz Wilner: wb :)
[15:06]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) smiles, "I'll look for it"
[15:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I will need copies of the images from the presentation.
[15:06]  Wildstar Beaumont: thank you herr Baron
[15:06]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Bitte, Herr Admiral.

[15:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Very kind.
[15:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): Excellent.
[15:07]  Liz Wilner smiles
[15:07]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) looks through both new folders with interest
[15:09]  Liz Wilner: so...we are off to the Pirate's Ball now?
[15:09]  Wildstar Beaumont: that's the plan :)
[15:09]  Liz Wilner: :)
[15:10]  Liz Wilner: I should change...I fear i'm overdressed...lol
[15:10]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Pirate's Ball, that sounds fun
[15:11]  Wildstar Beaumont: @ 2:30 PM - PIRATES SUNDAY Continues:  DANCE, YOU SCALLIWAGS! - Pirate Sunday continues at the Holly Kai Pavilion featuring rocking piratical and nautical tunes from DJ Dano Bookmite.  Buckle on your swash and join us, to benefit Kenya Feed-a-Smile.  Holly Kai Estates (47,147,23)
[15:11]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) smiles, "Thank you!"
[15:12]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): opps, I am back
[15:12]  Wildstar Beaumont: good night everybody ! thank you for having me again, Herr Baron
[15:12]  Rowan Derryth: So sorry! I was keeping an eye on your talk and writing for Saffia in my other window!
[15:12]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): blasted RL distracted me
[15:12]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): Night Wild and Liz
[15:12]  Liz Wilner: ok...changed...not my usual "go-to"...but this should do ;)
[15:12]  Wildstar Beaumont: RL does that :)
[15:12]  Rowan Derryth: It was a great talk :-)
[15:12]  Rowan Derryth: Lovely the Lady Pirates
[15:13]  Wildstar Beaumont: thank you :)
[15:13]  Rowan Derryth: Loved, too
[15:13]  Wildstar Beaumont: good night everyone !
[15:13]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): night :)
[15:13]  Liz Wilner: ni ni all :)
[15:13]  Princess Selena (selenaanansi): I shall head out as well
[15:13]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander): I have a concert that dovetails with the Salon, so I will bid you all a gute Nacht.
[15:13]  Wulfriðe Blitzen  (ancasta): Night, folks, have a good week
[15:13]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Gute nacht, Baron
[15:13]  Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (klauswulfenbach.outlander) lifts a hand in farewell and relocates
[15:14]  Liz Wilner waves to all
[15:17]  Ranulf Falconer: "I surrender Edda."
[15:17]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) laughs
[15:18]  Jedburgh Dagger (jedburgh30.dagger): hmm
[15:18]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Looks good, Ranulf
[15:18]  Ranulf Falconer laughs
[15:22]  Ranulf Falconer: "That is  a large sword!"
[15:23]  Jed Hud: gun.
[15:23]  Ranulf Falconer: "Jed looks ready."
[15:23]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) shrugs, "It's only for show, this sword won't hurt you."
[15:23]  Ranulf Falconer: "This only hurts in CCS."
[15:24]  Jed Hud: gun.
[15:24]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): Arrrr, let's rampage!
[15:24]  Jed Hud: gun.
[15:24]  Ranulf Falconer: "See -- Jed cuts to the chase --- firepower."
[15:24]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly) grins
[15:26]  Jedburgh Dagger (jedburgh30.dagger): shall we?
[15:26]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): let's!
[15:26]  Ranulf Falconer nods
[15:27]  Edda Borrelly (edan.borrelly): if not there, then we'll find a pirate ship somewhere!
[15:28]  Ranulf Falconer grins