![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Sam Bideford), who telegraphs to say he can't come ( PD1).Confectioner in Cowes shop who sells them ices and two beach spades ( PD9).porter who helps the Swallows with their luggage ( PD1).minor characters (those in parentheses are "offstage"):.Viper's crew including Black Jake's brother George, Fighting Mogandy, Simeon Boon, and a character referred to as the chucker out or the the bruiser from an un-named Lowestoft inn, nicknamed 'Ketch as Ketch Can'.characters in Mr Duck's yarn: First Mate Robert Charles Bowline (alias Capt Jonas Fielder), and Bowline's accomplice.Swallows (John, Susan, Titty, Roger Walker).Trindade has many features in common with Peter Duck's Crab Island, including mountains, landslides, jungles and loathsome land crabs. This describes a treasure seeking expedition on the volcanic island of Trindade, off Brazil (sometimes known as "Trinidad" but not to be confused with the larger Caribbean island of that name). Ransome used as a major resource for Peter Duck a book by one of his favourite sailing authors, EF Knight, The cruise of the "Alerte". ![]() The appearance, sailing background and many of the characteristics of Peter Duck are based on Captain Sehmel, an Estonian sailor who accompanied Ransome on a cruise aboard his yacht Racundra in the Baltic Sea, as documented in Ransome's sailing book, Racundra's First Cruise. ![]()
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