Where Did Sinbad Sail? We’ve Got Answers!
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Where Did Sinbad Sail? We’ve Got Answers!
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Bob and Virgil unpack Avram’s clues—dhows, monsoons, Borneo and Sumatra, Sri Lanka’s dagobas, Madagascar’s giant eggs—and debate how far a fable can take you toward the truth.
• Reading the text like a chart: Kabil/Kasil → Borneo?
• Sumatra’s “island of apes,” ears to the shoulders, and traveler’s overlap with the Odyssey
• The roc vs. Aepyornis: why giant birds matter even when they can’t fly
• Serendip/Anuradhapura: when a white dagoba becomes a “roc egg” on the horizon
• Takeaways for modern readers: how to spot facts hiding in folklore
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