The Tales of Captain Salgari

    The Sea Tales of Master Catrame THE ENGLISHMAN'S BELL MEMO The following text may present outdated depictions that are in no way or form shared by the translator themself, and neither are they shared by the original author of these stories. Please understand that these stories' depictions are a depiction  of their time . A  good  translator strives to transfer the originality, tone, and idea of a text from its language of birth to its guest language, all the while respecting the intent and style of the original author.  These translated texts do not intend to bring offense, but just to share the adventures  written by Captain Emilio Salgari.  Adventures inspired by his love for traveling around the world, especially to far, foreign lands, his passion for ships and sailing in general, as well as his endless curiosity about other cultures and what's out there, beyond the horizon line. VOCABULARY papa  = pet name for one's grandfather (or gr...

 I hope you all have had a wonderful time during the holidays. Kick-starting the year with a post featuring the English version of the theme song from the 1976 TV series of Sandokan . The lyrics will be posted under the video, however, I wish to make it known that they are taken from the comment section. Thank you, @ jdeast8469 . Sandokan Sandokan  [Instrumental] Warm and tender is the love and people know the way to love. Cruel and bloody is the war and people know how to make a war. But the people can be unfair and there's no one to help them there. I love my people I love my land And everybody seems to understand. Altogether altogether now together, Hand in hand let's go to the sun Sandokan, Sandokan Make me warm and I'll be the one Sandokan, Sandokan Make me warm and I'll fight everyday, every night, every way Sandokan, Sandokan Make me warm and I'll be the one Sandokan, Sandokan Make me warm and I'll fight everyday, every night, every way [Instrumental] ...

New flyer.  The tiger is an old ClipArt from a previous version of Microsoft Publisher.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Personal Notes : It is said that the stories written by Emilio Salgari are stories he would hear from sailors, when he would go to visit the dock. His best and most known work, " Sandokan, The Tiger of Malaysia " has been proven to bear resemblance to true historical facts, starting with the firstly-thought-of-as-fictional island, Mompracem (currently known as Kuraman Island), and with the strong impression that Sandokan is no other than a fictional representation of Syarif Osman, who ruled Marudu (north of Borneo) (I recommend you go  here  for more information about Sandokan or Syarif Osman. Miss Bianca has done a marvelous job in finding, gathering, and translating information about Salgari and his works, especially those concerning the character of Sandokan). Going by this, I strongly suspect ...