Louis Cyparis was a 27-year-old Afro-Caribbean prisoner in the thick-walled cell pictured above when Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted in 1902, showering the city of Saint-Pierre with incandescent ash carried by hurricane force winds the temperature of a blast furnace. In moments the entire town was ablaze and nearly 30,000 inhabitants were dead; practically everyone,Continue reading “Cell Survivor”
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Precisely Off Target
The Caribbean Islands were once the scene of many battles between warring nations, and marks remaining from one of those struggles can be seen in the cliffs by Anse Turin on Martinique. Holes made by cannonballs from a failed British invasion, probably around 1759, riddle the soft rock of the cliffs. According to local legend,Continue reading “Precisely Off Target”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 