Mermaid Monday: Mermaids at Mombasa September 4, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
African mermaids from 1825. It is one of those bulletins from ‘foreign climes’ that provided British newspapers with so much of their copy in the 1700s and through much of the nineteenth century. Note how the mermaids are just slipped in, like the silly item at the end of the news. Aug. 1. The Espiegle, 18, […]
The Wessel Coins #3: Kilwa and its Sultanate July 27, 2013
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Medieval, Modern
Kilwa (or Quiloa as it was often called in European sources) was a small almost-tidal island off the coast of Tanzania. ‘Almost tidal’ because in its early history there was allegedly a causeway and even in later centuries it was possible to wade to Kilwa at low tide. The city of Kilwa was a […]
