Tales From The Little, Illustrated, Golden Library - Tales of the Sea - The Robinsons From The Gulf Of Mexico - Emilio Salgari - Second Story
The Robinsons From The Gulf Of Mexico VOCABULARY pennon , yard (spar) = a tall upright post, spar, or other structure on a ship or boat, in sailing vessels generally carrying a sail or sails. Another term for these can be mast . peopled = populated, inhabited (despite this particular term being present in at least one dictionary, it seems to be quite outdated and out of use, to the point that no other dictionary I have consulted has it or even considers it. Salgari's stories, in their original language, sometimes have a more archaic form than something closer to the current form of the Italian language). real = a unit of currency that was present in Spain for several centuries after the mid-14th century (it is no longer in use; the modern equivalent is the peseta ). The Spanish dollar was also known as a piece of eight . One Spanish dollar = eight pieces of real . Does this mean that, when in the Pirates of Carribean, they mention "nine p...