Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 200
>>842
>>843
The original source of the sentences Mr. Kataoka posted here
is the March 2nd, 2004 article on www.nationalgeographic.com
titled "America's Lost Colony: Can New Dig Solve Mystery?".
Mr. Kataoka imbecilely insists that "landed up the coast from Roanoke Island"
means "landed on the north part of Roanoke Island".
According to wikipedia, however, the expedition headed by Captain Christopher Newport
landed on the shores of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, not on the north part
of Roanoke Island, in 1607, after a devastatingly long voyage of 144 days
―an event dabbed "First Landing" which is quite different from the expeditions
of 1585 and 1587 to Roanoke Island.
I'm not an expert nor a pandit of American History, but it is implausible that wikipedia lies.
"Landed up the coast from Roanoke Island", therefore, probably means "landed on the part
of the east coast of North America which lies to the north of Roanoke Island"(, the adverb
"probably" being the operative word, because I'm not a native speaker of English and also
would like to know the precise meaning represented by "landed up the coast from Roanoke Island").
>>843
The original source of the sentences Mr. Kataoka posted here
is the March 2nd, 2004 article on www.nationalgeographic.com
titled "America's Lost Colony: Can New Dig Solve Mystery?".
Mr. Kataoka imbecilely insists that "landed up the coast from Roanoke Island"
means "landed on the north part of Roanoke Island".
According to wikipedia, however, the expedition headed by Captain Christopher Newport
landed on the shores of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, not on the north part
of Roanoke Island, in 1607, after a devastatingly long voyage of 144 days
―an event dabbed "First Landing" which is quite different from the expeditions
of 1585 and 1587 to Roanoke Island.
I'm not an expert nor a pandit of American History, but it is implausible that wikipedia lies.
"Landed up the coast from Roanoke Island", therefore, probably means "landed on the part
of the east coast of North America which lies to the north of Roanoke Island"(, the adverb
"probably" being the operative word, because I'm not a native speaker of English and also
would like to know the precise meaning represented by "landed up the coast from Roanoke Island").
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