tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post6238956095590034425..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Cortez at Vera Cruz and Caesar's burning boats in "The Enthusiast"Scott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-61853580080571299522017-03-23T22:39:06.583-05:002017-03-23T22:39:06.583-05:00Great question, thank you! Defeat of the Spanish A...Great question, thank you! Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588 by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1796). Not the burning ships of Hernán Cortés, sorry. Updated today with a newer version of the image on Wikimedia Commons.Scott Norsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-66645207554645173802017-03-23T10:09:31.486-05:002017-03-23T10:09:31.486-05:00Hi, what is the name of the painting and the artis...Hi, what is the name of the painting and the artist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-7672066767803381292014-05-19T17:32:38.160-05:002014-05-19T17:32:38.160-05:00aahh, good one--thank you!aahh, good one--thank you!Scott Norsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-37031869923005552732014-05-11T21:58:52.402-05:002014-05-11T21:58:52.402-05:00The enthusiastic Queequeg "with one backward ...The enthusiastic Queequeg "with one backward dash of his foot capsized and sank his canoe" as well, when he sought to gain a passage to Christian lands (M-D, Chapter 12).<br /><br />--RJORobert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com