2012 Compass Rose Geocoin - Kalahari
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Owner:
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johnny lightning
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
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Origin:
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Covering nearly one quarter of the earth’s land surface, the geography of Africa has always presented an immense challenge for sea-faring vessels to circumnavigate. In the north, the ancient civilization of Carthage was a superpower in the Mediterranean due to their advanced maritime experience. Carthaginian warships were even more advanced than those of the Romans and Greeks! Off the coast of Morocco and the Western Sahara lies the Canary Islands, which were a stop along the voyage of Christopher Columbus as he set off to explore the New World. Far to the south, the Cape Of Good Hope marks the symbolic passage between the East and the New World. However, this rocky promontory is also one of the most treacherous passages to navigate in the world. Extreme winds and the swirling currents of two converging oceans have caused hundreds of shipwrecks, and thus explain the cape’s original, more sinister name...Cape of Storms.
The details within the 2012 Compass Rose Geocoin® reflect a diversity of images as grand as the continent that inspired it. On the front of the coin, the compass points hold images of some of the most awe-inspiring animals on the planet. The Lion, king of the beasts, once ruled the North. The majestic Elephant points his trunk to the East. A Great White Shark breeches the ocean surface in the South. And the migrating Wildebeest leads his herd westward to the watering hole. The back of the coin features a scene depicting two frightened sailors as they catch sight of the legendary ghost ship...The Flying Dutchman! 17th-century nautical folklore holds that the crew of the Flying Dutchman encountered a violent storm off the Cape Of Good Hope. It is said that the captain refused to turn back, exclaiming: “I will round this Cape, even if I have to keep sailing until doomsday!” And so he does, appearing as “a phantom ship all aglow” that shall never make port again.
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JaMaDuLi discovered it
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Dieser TB sprang mir förmlich ins Gesicht. So musste ich ihn natürlich auch discovern.
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Dieser TB/Coin-Code sprang mir förmlich ins Gesicht. So musste ich ihn natürlich auch discovern.
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Gespot in JL's Treasure Chest. Indrukwekkende en mooie collectie!
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Gespot in JL's Treasure Chest. Indrukwekkende en mooie collectie!
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Erst einmal schon Entschuldigung an die Owner für das späte Discovern.
Komme endlich mal dazu meine offenen Views zu loggen.
Viele wurden beim Ilmenauer Stammtisch gesehen, oder auf diversen anderen Events.
Ein Großteil jedoch draussen auf weiter Flur 🙂
Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen und die vielen verschiedenen damit verbundenen Eindrücken.
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I'm logging TB's and coins from the past 5 years from photos I took on Events, Megas & Gigas all around in Europe. This is one of them. THANK YOU!
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ae911 discovered it
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Noch die ein oder andere TB Nummer gefunden
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Pan314159 discovered it
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The owner of these trackables was kind enough to share his collection with me at GCF Belgium.
Thank you very much!
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Nachdem der Zugriff auf die Bilder des alten Handys nun doch wieder möglich ist...
...können wir diesem Reisenden allzeit gute Fahrt wünschen. Danke fürs Discovern.
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Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.
Zusammenfassung von 3 Monaten MEGA - und Event's
QR-Codes und mein Handy ausgelesen - und Bilder gelöscht.
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