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| Tango01 | 05 Jun 2018 10:05 p.m. PST |
… mythical and miraculous places west of medieval Europe, "If one stands on the limestone cliffs of the island of Aran, off the western coast of Ireland, an unbounded view opens up towards the west. While deep below, on the foot of the cliff-face, the breakers roll in from the ocean and smash against the island's bedrock, in the distance the blue of the Atlantic waters stretches on and on until it merges with the sky, the one blurring into the other in a way which almost obliterates the horizon. Irish storytelling – both the storytelling of modern folklore and that of medieval literature – does not accept that this vast space between the Old World and the New could truly be an empty one…."
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| The Last Conformist | 06 Jun 2018 5:32 a.m. PST |
What, the Hebrides, Azores, Falklands, Lesser Antilles, etc., etc. aren't enough for you? Are you greedy or something? :p |
| Tango01 | 06 Jun 2018 10:59 a.m. PST |
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darthfozzywig  | 06 Jun 2018 12:24 p.m. PST |
China solves the lack of islands with boatloads of rocks. |
| Twilight Samurai | 07 Jun 2018 12:07 a.m. PST |
Nibble, nibble, bite! Works for Vlad, why not Winnie too? |
| Tango01 | 07 Jun 2018 11:27 a.m. PST |
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