Move over, Robinson Crusoe!

Move over, Robinson Crusoe! I can make my own umbrella too!

In Daniel Defoe's novel, 'Robinson Crusoe', the main character, Robinson after being marooned in a deserted island made several things for survival, among which was an umbrella. It was supposed to be like the one Robinson had seen in Brazil. In one of his voyages, Captain James Cook, the English explorer saw some of the natives of the South Pacific Islands using umbrellas made of palm leaves. Sometimes, I think there is just a thin, faint line between facts and fictions...

Comments

Liudmila said…
what I do not understand with umbrellas: why they were valuated as "precious" to gift them even to the deities.
footiam said…
Maybe, it is a symbol of being protected; people like the feeling of being protected.