Posted by Jock on September 16, 2005 at 22:33:03 from 217.172.246.144 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Purely AR: posted by Jock on September 16, 2005 at 21:34:38:
While clicking through the links which can be found via the above. I found the following reference to "Stout Cortez". Coincidence!
POSTSCRIPT.--In the second chapter I allude to Stout Cortez staring at
the Pacific. Shortly after the appearance of this narrative in serial
form in America, I received an anonymous letter containing the words,
"You big stiff, it wasn't Cortez, it was Balboa." This, I believe, is
historically accurate. On the other hand, if Cortez was good enough for
Keats, he is good enough for me. Besides, even if it _was_ Balboa,
the Pacific was open for being stared at about that time, and I see no
reason why Cortez should not have had a look at it as well.