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 SOUTH SEA PACIFIC ISLANDS AND SAVAGES SHORT HISTORY 1926 INC FIGI SOLOMON $6.24 Time Remaining: 9d 10h 11m Buy It Now for only: $6.24 |
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 Pippi in the South Seas Astrid Lindgren 5th 1963 $24.50 Time Remaining: 25d 18h 53m Buy It Now for only: $24.50 |
 Giff and Stiff in the South Seas Gifford Bryce Pinchot Many Photos 1933 $17.00 Time Remaining: 16d 18h 42m Buy It Now for only: $17.00 |
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 Best South Sea Stories Vintage Collectible Polynesian Book $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 20m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Rogues of the South Seas Polynesian Vintage Collectible Book $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 20m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 PIPPI IN THE SOUTH SEAS by Astrid Lindgren $40.00 Time Remaining: 20d 14h 55m Buy It Now for only: $40.00 |
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 1950 South Sea Stories Of W Somerset Maugham $5.99 Time Remaining: 4d 21h 52m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 Vintage South Seas JAMES NORMAN HALL Lost Island The Far Lands $7.00 Time Remaining: 5d 17h 3m Buy It Now for only: $7.00 |
 HERMAN MELVILLE TYPEE A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS 1892 $24.99 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 58m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 Faery Lands of the South Seas by Hall and Nordhoff $3.95 Time Remaining: 6h 39m |
 THE LAKEWOOD BOYS IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS by L P Wyman $11.95 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 25m Buy It Now for only: $11.95 |
 Story of John Paton Thirty Years Among south Seas Cannibals Book 1909 $8.00 Time Remaining: 23d 59m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 1st 1st Edition GAUGIN IN THE SOUTH SEAS Bengt Danielsson ART Illustrated BIO $55.00 Time Remaining: 23d 22h 43m Buy It Now for only: $55.00 |
 Faery Lands of the South Seas Charles Nordhoff James Hall 1921 $6.00 Time Remaining: 21h 30m |
 1837 SOUTH SEAS DISCOVERIES Burney Reynolds $17.65 Time Remaining: 17d 15h 14m Buy It Now for only: $17.65 |
 THE LOST GOD John Russell PBO South Sea adventures $20.00 Time Remaining: 12d 20h 32m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
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 Love in the South Seas by Bengt Danielsson Dell Paperback $4.99 Time Remaining: 11h 38m |
 LETTERS AND MISCELLANIES OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IN THE SOUTH SEAS 1900 $90.00 Time Remaining: 4d 2h 45m Buy It Now for only: $90.00 |
 The Frisbies of the South Seas 1959 Stated 1st Edition $49.98 Time Remaining: 25d 7h 40m Buy It Now for only: $49.98 |
 CAPTAIN COOK VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD SOUTH SEA ISLANDS 2 VOLS 1834 ULTRA RARE $825.00 Time Remaining: 6d 23h 48m Buy It Now for only: $825.00 |
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 Rare 1921 FAERY LANDS OF THE SOUTH SEAS Hall Nordhoff $46.75 Time Remaining: 19d 20h 28m Buy It Now for only: $46.75 |
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 1916 SOUTH SEAS PACIFIC ISLANDS Marquesas MAP Cannibalism Gilbert POLYNESIA $46.75 Time Remaining: 22d 13h 37m Buy It Now for only: $46.75 |
 CIRCA 1920 IN THE SOUTH SEAS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ORIGINAL DUST JACKET $7.90 Time Remaining: 6h 51m |
 1852 book on sea travels South America Honolulu Calfornia San Francisco Monterey $69.99 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 23m Buy It Now for only: $69.99 |
 1916 In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson Biographical edition Leather $9.99 Time Remaining: 15d 14h 20m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 LEAN With The WINDSouth Seas Novel1945SchenckIllust $12.00 Time Remaining: 15d 6h 37m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 THE SOUTH SEAS OF TODAY GALAPAGOS ETC BY A DOUGLAS 1st 1926 ILLUSTRATED $15.79 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 3m |
 HOME FROM SEAJOY PARKERSOUTH AFRICA HOMEHCDJ1964 $12.99 Time Remaining: 15d 19h 34m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 Man on his Island by James S Rockefeller 1957 First Edition South Seas Sailing $74.99 Time Remaining: 5d 19h 40m Buy It Now for only: $74.99 |
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 THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SOUTH SEAS EDTION VOLUME XI $14.00 Time Remaining: 16d 14h 45m Buy It Now for only: $14.00 |
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 Rare Book FAERY LANDS of SOUTH SEAS Hall Nordhoff 21 $19.99 Time Remaining: 8d 13h 9m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 1933 GIFF STIFF IN THE SOUTH SEAS GIFFORD BRYCE PINCHOT HC PHOTO ILLUSTRATED $14.50 Time Remaining: 12d 20h 26m Buy It Now for only: $14.50 |
 The Cruise of the Kawa Wanderings in South Seas Vintage Travel 1923 Traprock $7.99 Time Remaining: 22d 8h Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Robert Louis Stevenson David Balfour 1925South Seas Edition $9.00 Time Remaining: 19h 8m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
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 Mutiny on the Bounty Nordhoff Hall Heritage Press Bligh Pitcairn South Seas $9.95 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 44m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 REEF BUILDING CORALS JAPAN SOUTH SEA ISLANDS YABE CORAL REEFS ISLAND ILLUS 1936 $113.40 Time Remaining: 29d 16h 10m Buy It Now for only: $113.40 |
 Coral Island A Tale of the South Seas RMBallantyne IllusJohn ESutcliffe $7.89 Time Remaining: 16h 40m |
 Cruise of the Kawa South Seas Satire 1921 1st Ed $25.00 Time Remaining: 17d 7h 13m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 1931 Babo A South Seas Boy by May Pateman $6.30 Time Remaining: 12d 23h 21m Buy It Now for only: $6.30 |
 Story Of John Paton Missionary 30 Yrs Among South Sea Cannibals 1900 $18.99 Time Remaining: 13d 17h 16m Buy It Now for only: $18.99 |
 DEL PRADO MINIATURE BOOK SOUTH SEA TALES JACK LONDON $9.47 Time Remaining: 16d 12h 16m Buy It Now for only: $9.47 |
 CLOUD OF ISLANDS BY SAIL TO SOUTH SEAS BY W I B CREALOCK 1955 ILLUSTRATED HC DJ $0.50 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 51m |
 Hardcover South Sea Supercargo Book Vintage Hawaiian $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 21h 37m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 1964 Arts Of The South Seas 200 pages 200 plates 4 color Ralph Linton VERY GOOD $34.95 Time Remaining: 12d 9h 21m Buy It Now for only: $34.95 |
 White Shadows In The South Seas by Frederick OBrien W DJ 1919 $19.99 Time Remaining: 13d 18h 22m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 TYPEE A Romance Of The South Seas Herman Melville Heritage Press NY $199.99 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 20m |
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 ANTIQUE BOOK 1918 THE FRONTIER BOYS IN THE SOUTH SEAS CAPT WYN ROOSEVELT $10.64 Time Remaining: 13d 15h 44m Buy It Now for only: $10.64 |
 The Cruise of the Kawa Wanderins in the South Seas WE Traprock 1921 Rare Book $45.00 Time Remaining: 14d 12h 21m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 1896 HEROES OF THE SOUTH SEAS SAMOA TAHITI HAWAII MAUNA LOA FIJI ISLANDS 1ST $24.99 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 37m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SOUTH SEA EDITION VOLUME X STRANGE CASE OF $14.00 Time Remaining: 16d 14h 45m Buy It Now for only: $14.00 |
 Li Ana Pearl Of The South Seas PB 1944 $9.99 Time Remaining: 22d 13h 46m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 SOUTH SEA TALES 1961 Adventure PB Jack London $11.95 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 21m Buy It Now for only: $11.95 |
 Journal of Voyages and Travels South Seas Islands 1832 $249.99 Time Remaining: 14d 16h 26m Buy It Now for only: $249.99 |
 Rupert Brooke War Poet 1914 Other Poems South Seas Grantchester etc 1918 $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 54m |
 1837 South Sea Exploring Squadron Navy Secretary Letter $24.95 Time Remaining: 7d 12h 16m Buy It Now for only: $24.95 |
 A Voyage to the South Sea by Edward Cooke $50.00 Time Remaining: 21d 6h 34m Buy It Now for only: $50.00 |
 LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Vol 1 1925 Scribners South Seas edition $15.00 Time Remaining: 22h 7m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
 1917 Ornithology Study Eyes of Birds Casey Wood + Birdwatching Notes South Seas $149.99 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 55m |
 Kidnapping in the South Seas Palmer Captain George 1871 $186.95 Time Remaining: 11d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $186.95 |
 1954 YANKEE WHALERS IN THE SOUTH SEAS WHIPPLE D J $16.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 46m Buy It Now for only: $16.99 |
 Limited Editions Club Voyage to the South Seas Bligh $67.50 Time Remaining: 27d 20h 21m Buy It Now for only: $67.50 |
 1899 Antique OUR ISLANDS THEIR PEOPLE Hawaii South Sea Islands ILLUSTRATED $49.99 Time Remaining: 4d 18h 44m |
 TERRY IN THE SOUTH SEAS Danielsson 1960 $14.50 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 14m Buy It Now for only: $14.50 |
 The Savage South Seas 68 color plates Travel 1907 Polynesia Islands Pacific $87.50 Time Remaining: 12h 9m Buy It Now for only: $87.50 |
 VENUS OCEANICA 1935 ANTHROPOLOGY SEX LIFE SOUTH SEAS $110.00 Time Remaining: 21d 18h 55m Buy It Now for only: $110.00 |
 FernandezMother Sea Travels in South Italy Sardinia a $5.00 Time Remaining: 23d 5m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 South Sea Tales by Jack London DEL PRADO MINIATURE BOOK $6.99 Time Remaining: 18h 50m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Cannibals and Head Hunters of the South Seas by Charles Watson 1926 Hardcover $36.95 Time Remaining: 18h 30m Buy It Now for only: $36.95 |
 Gauguin Letters from Brittany the South Seas $12.00 Time Remaining: 24d 9h 3m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 Jack London in the South Seas by A Grove Day $11.82 Time Remaining: 16d 17h 13m Buy It Now for only: $11.82 |
 Jack London South Sea Tales 1911 Edition $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 23h 24m |
 Cumners Son South Sea Folk 1st ED HB by Parker 1910 $12.99 Time Remaining: 16d 20h 7m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 Vintage RC Laycock Pearls South Sea Solomon Island Book $35.00 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 13m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 WHITE SHADOWS in the SOUTH SEAS Frederick OBrien 1st $9.00 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 51m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Aloma Of The South Seas Paramount Photoplay 1926 $3.99 Time Remaining: 6d 23h 50m |
 Books PAUL GAUGUIN IN THE SOUTH SEAS HC NOA NOA Pbk $8.99 Time Remaining: 26d 10h 21m Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
 New England and the South Seas by Dodge 1965 $14.95 Time Remaining: 11h 14m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 My South Sea Island ERIC MUSPRATT 1936 Penguin 1st Edition No67 Cerise Travel $28.45 Time Remaining: 4d 12h Buy It Now for only: $28.45 |
 MUTINY AND ROMANCE IN THE SOUTH SEAS SVEN WAHLROOS $60.00 Time Remaining: 24d 10h 37m Buy It Now for only: $60.00 |
 World Landmark Series Captain Cook Explores the South Seas Armstrong Sperry HC $9.99 Time Remaining: 6d 18h 44m |
 1921 Melville Stoddard Tahiti South Seas Literature Literary Influences Article $25.99 Time Remaining: 16d 9h 25m Buy It Now for only: $25.99 |
 WHITE SHADOWS inthe SOUTH SEAS Frederick OBrien 1921HC $18.00 Time Remaining: 23d 13h 14m Buy It Now for only: $18.00 |
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 190026 VOL SET ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TREASURE ISLAND SOUTH SEAS KIDNAPPED $553.11 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 58m |
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South Seas
Nothing Learned in 300 Years - Bernie Madoff, John Law, the South Sea Bubble, Etc
The scandal around Bernie Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme recalls many historical examples of human greed and stupidity, notably the Mississippi Scheme of John Law in France and Britain's South Sea Bubble, both of which contributed to European economic collapse in the early eighteenth century.
By mid-1720, when the South Sea Company was spreading extravagant rumors about the value of its trade in the New World, the share price of the Company had risen to nearly £1000 from £128 at the beginning of the year, on the back of low actual earnings (associated partly with trade in slaves). Based on its high share price, the Company bought 80% of the British government's £50 million debt, ensuring government cooperation in the affair (for a while). When instalment payments actually came due in August on new issues of South Sea shares, the Company found that it could not collect on loans made to investors in the shares. This triggered enormous falls in the share price and thousands of bankruptcies. By end-September the share price had fallen to £150. Even one of history's greatest mathematical geniuses, Sir Isaac Newton, reportedly lost £20,000, a considerable fortune at the time.
The enterprising Scot known as John Law (Jean Lass to the French), who had been appointed France's Controller General of Finances by the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, acquired control of the derelict Compagnie du Mississippi, which benefited from a national monopoly in New World trade, as the South Sea Company had done. Based on similar wild exaggeration and effective marketing, shares in the company rose from 500 to 18,000 livres, before falling back to 500 in 1721. By then Law had fled France (he died in Venice in 1729, aged 57). His company had bought the whole of France's 1.6 billion livre government debt with subscription proceeds. The resulting chaos led to economic collapse across Europe.
The South Sea Company and Mississippi schemes, while technically bubbles, bear a resemblance to a Ponzi scheme, like Mr. Madoff's arrangement seems to have been, due to the same offer of high returns, and payouts to investors from the money provided by new investors drawn into the scheme. Both schemes, like Mr. Madoff's, had managed to clothe themselves in an aura of legitimacy, given the high profiles of many investors, as well as government backing.
Mr. Madoff's investments consistently reported gains of around 1% a month for 20 years. It seems that hardly any information about the nature of investments or strategy was shared, and he was known to reject investors who asked too many questions. Even useful information provided in similar cases, such as the failure of Amaranth (a hedge fund which went bust in 2006) to file required SEC forms (after which investors piled even more money in), is apparently ignored. Lack of information might be an excuse for eighteenth-century investors, but tends to fall short of twenty-first-century "sophisiticated" standards. Like many other examples, Madoff's scheme is likely to go down in the history of human gullibility, along with the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Company.
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How can i catch more grouper on a kelong in South China Sea ?
Any tips of catching more groupers on a kelong in the South China Sea ? Please tell me what kind of bait is best and should i use bottom-fishing or float-fishing ? Pls tell me every thing i can do to catch a good grouper on a kelong. All the tips pls. Thanks a million.
Bottom fishing should work better than float fishing. As for bait, I've seen anything from live bait like hardtail, to a huge jig used for trolling. It's really just preference. Hope this helped.
Cannibals of the South Seas, 1918