Season 10, Episode 15: Kasarelia

This week: Victory Gundam episode 15. We're saying 'kasarelia' to new characters Godwald Heine and Tasilo Wago, and 'kasarelia' to Fuala Griffon, the old man polycule, and the Earth itself as the action shifts to space... at least for the moment!

We discuss Odelo's unexpected heel turn, Cronicle's predictable but disappointing downward slide, and the understated sadism of wagyu beef. Plus - research on marooning as an historical punishment! Please listen to it!

Show Notes

• Origins of the term 'maroon' as noun and verb:

  • This article discusses the origin of 'maroon' as a term for people who escaped slavery to live in the wilds beyond the borders of the Spanish colonies in the 'New World,' as well as their collaborations with privateers and pirates -
    
    Joseph Kelly, The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free, October 30, 2018 for Longreads.com.

  • The etymology of 'maroon' is discussed on Wiktionary.

• Pirate Practice:

  • Pirate punishment practices are discussed in this article:
    
    Mark Cartwright, Pirate Punishments in the Golden Age of Piracy, October 7, 2012 for WorldHistory.org.

  • Although it only briefly mentions marooning in one instance, The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms (1837) offers a number of salacious stories about famous pirate captains.

  • The dubiously-historical A General History of the Pyrates from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time, written by "Captain Charles Johnsons" in 1724.

  • The controversy over the identity of 'Captain Charles Johnson' is discussed somewhat on his Wikipedia page.

  • A very sensational description of marooning as a punishment can be found at historical novelist Cindy Vallar's Pirates and Privateers: The History of Maritime Piracy blog.

• Alexander Selkirk:

  • Robert Kraske, Marooned: the Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe (Clarion 2005).

  • The islands where Selkirk was marooned are the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile.

  • The ship he was on before being marooned was the Cinque Ports.

  • William Dampier, leader of the first ill-fated expedition.

  • One of the mates serving under Dampier, William Funnell, wrote an account of the trip titled A Voyage Round the World, in 1707.

  • A description of Selkirk's duties as Sailing Master aboard the Cinque Ports.

  • Woodes Rogers, the privateer captain who rescued Selkirk, wrote an account of his voyage, A Cruising Voyage Round the World, in 1712. The rescue of Selkirk is described from page 92.

• Warwick Lake and Marooning in the Royal Navy:

  • The marooning of an impressed seaman by Royal Navy Captain Warwick Lake was raised in Parliament, and the conversation around it is recorded at HC Deb 15 February 1810 vol 15 cc424-6.

  • It's described in some detail by the historical novelist Antoine Vanner for a August 29, 2014 article on his blog, "A Marooning Scandal in the Royal Navy, 1807."

  • It's also described in Naval history of Great Britain, volume 4, by William James - the relevant sections of which have been excerpted and posted on rootsweb.

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