SEA OF CLOUDS= The English name of the Mare Nubium, an area of the moon. Yea, it's not on the coast either, but at least you can sail there by boat along the river. Placed at the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile (the two rivers that originate the Egyptian Nile). It is called The Inner Hebrides, but Romans called them Ebudae, and that name sounds more mythical. You can also pronounce it imitating the original French word: / æ dj ɜ :/, which sounds posh or, in this case, more elegant and dreamy.ĮBUDAE= A Celtic archipelago (group of islands) off the west coast of Scotland. TURN IT UP= To accelerate, to go faster, to increase the speed.ĪDIEU= /ədj u:/ (AmE /əd u:/) goodbye. Yea, Cali is not "below the Coral Sea", but how many people knew that? THE CORAL SEA= A region of the north-east coast of Australia with a chain of islands of the same name. This is the only location which is not by the sea (since this is a journey by ship), and she used it probably because it rhymes with Bali, and she hopes most people won't know exactly where it is. A city of richness and luxury.ĬALI= A city in Colombia, near the sea but sited inland. It was the capital of the Babylonian empire. The Isles of Ebony is an invention, they don't exist, but they sound nice and exotic.īABYLON= A city state of ancient Mesopotamia from about 5000 years ago, in modern Iraq. THE ISLES OF EBONY= Ebony is a very hard expensive black wood produced in the jungles of Africa and southern India. TIREE= A Celtic island off the coast of Scotland. SHADE= A darker area where the sun rays are blocked by an object (trees in this case).ĪVALON= A legendary island, like a paradise, appearing in the legend of King Arthur.įIJI= A paradisiacal group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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PALAU= An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines. THE YELLOW SEA= A sea between China and Korea.īISSAU= The capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Today it is the capital of Libya.īEYOND= Further than. TRIPOLI= An ancient city in the Mediterranean sea, founded by the Phoenicians. A beach is an area of sand between the sea and the land.
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For most modern sailboats, reaching is the fastest way to travel. REACH= (a sailing term) When the boat is traveling approximately perpendicular to the wind, this is called reaching. ORINOCO= A tributary river to the Amazon flowing across Venezuela's rain forest.įLOW= When a liquid (a river in this case) moves, we say that it flows. We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel We can sail, we can sail: with the Orinoco Flow Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Seaįrom Bissau, to Palau in the shade of Avalonįrom Fiji, to Tiree and the isles of Ebonyįrom Peru, to Cebu: feel the power of Babylonįrom Bali, to Cali: far beneath the Coral Seaįrom the North to the South: Ebudae unto Khartoumįrom the deep Sea of Clouds: to the Island of the MoonĬarry me on the waves to the land I've never beenĬarry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen Let me sail, let me sail: let me crash upon your shore Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli
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Let me sail, let me sail: let the Orinoco Flow.