(You love these "Here's the Situation" posts, tell me that you don't. Get that shit- eating grin off your face right now, Buster).
But just imagine being a historian -- no, a FORENSIC historian. I know probably not many of you are interested in history, (but that's all of you who are interested in the future! Maybe you should apply at the Future Historian Society! Hiring now,$alary commensurate with experience!)
But I'm reading a book about Joao (it's pronounced "Juan") Rodrigues one of the first Portuguese Jesuits to go to Japan.
What strikes me is the language of the author . . . there are so many unknowns in his narrative. "Rodrigues may have sailed in a ship travelling to Macao in 1568 . . . it is possible that he was aboard a trader in early 1569."
The poor guy! I mean the author, not Rodrigues! He can only rely on extremely poor records of the time . . . I just don't know how he managed to assemble enough information to actually write a book out of it.
It's not like writing for Vogue: "Why Paris Hilton Skipped The Oscars" . . .
Well, let me tell you, I wouldn't have wanted to be the author's partner.
Nope de-nope.
No comments:
Post a Comment