"and every mile disclosed new features of scenery, to which snow-clad mountain ranges, wooded plains, and a summer sea enfolding countless promontories and islands, contributed their different forms of beauty. When the first European explorers discovered the Pacific coast, they described it as "a new vision of Eden".Ī soft warm breeze fanned us," the Canadian George Munro Grant wrote in Ocean to Ocean , in which he describes his voyage through Georgia Strait in the 1870's: However, despite it's northern latitude, the Pacific Northwest coast can easily be described as a paradise. Our typical setting for the Pacific pirate conjures images of warm Polynesian islands where slender palms sway to the rhythm of trade winds, and surging surf drums on coral reefs beyond the outer tidal lagoons, and life is harmonious and easy. Who Shall Be Captain: Howard Pyle (1911),ĭaniel Defoe: The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe These "paradises" have been further embellished through classic tales of adventure from such authors as Robert Louis Stevenson, Howard Pyle, Joseph Conrad, and Daniel Defoe. These images and descriptions have become the defacto stereotype of a pirate's "paradise". The landscape is anchored by a protected inside passage.ĭespite all the beauty and ruggedness of the Pacific Northwest, it is the descriptions of the tropical paradises of the Caribbean Islands and the South Pacific that are made popular and romanticized in modern culture through pirate novels, images and movies. The north-west Pacific coastline of North America can be described as a double-edged sword of wild rugged desolate coastline that contrasts the serene security of blissful bays and protected island hideaways. Share: Facebook Twitter Yahoo LinkedIn DiggĮxplorers & Pirates Of The Pacific Northwest
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