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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I kind of romanticize the Age of Exploration. It must've been interesting to sail somewhere and land at a place that is not on any of your maps and say, "We shall name this place 'Rainmania'". And then you camp there and you're not sure if you're going to get swarmed by natives or eaten by giant heretofore unknown creatures or find a city of pure gold.
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Oh, and you can romanticize all you like, but I'll pass on the teeth falling out due to scurvy and the like, thanksallthesame. I've read enough about sailors' lives during that era to know that it was often highly unpleasant.