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Ea-nāṣir@jedgarnaut.bsky.social |
Does the peg legged pirate image predate Moby Dick, or does the legend conflate Ahab with pirates?
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The Almighty Tallest
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Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor who basically created New Amsterdam before it became New York City, famously had a peg leg studded with silver nails after losing it in battle in his youth. Peg legs were around long before him but he might have been the most famous guy with one.
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