Posted by Adam Quinan on October 31, 2003 at 01:01:42 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.
In Reply to: Crab Island posted by Thunder Levin on October 30, 2003 at 22:33:31:
Many people believe that Ransome used one of his favourite nautical authors, E.F. Knight's book "The Cruise of the Alerte" as a source for Peter Duck. It is a true story of treasure hunting on Trinidad Island which is actually further south and lies in latitude 20° 30' south and longitude 29° 22' west off the coast of Brazil.
You can read this book on-line at the URL below.