From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Nicholas=20Gevers?= <vermoulian@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Tintin?
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:34:00 

Allegedly, Columbus pulled off the eclipse trick on
the inhabitants of Jamaica in 1504--a fact that may
have influenced both Herge and Wolfe in their
portrayals of neo-Inca folk being gulled in this way.

--- Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce@gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
wrote:
> 
> This is purely coincidental, I'm sure, but I just
> noticed the resemblance
> between the Miracle of Apu Punchau and the means by
> which Tintin, Captain
> Haddock and Professor Calculus are saved in Herge's
> PRISONERS OF THE SUN.  
> Incidentally, the previous adventure to the
> PRISONERS OF THE SUN is THE SECRET
> OF THE UNICORN/RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE, concerning
> the treasure of the ship
> Unicorn, hidden under St. John's Cross.  The chapter
> before Apu Punchau in
> URTH ends with a mention of two constellations:  the
> Unicorn and the Cross.
> 
> 
> "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall
> make you free." John 8:32
> --
> Alex David Groce (agroce+@cs.cmu.edu)
> Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer
> Science Department
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> 
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