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From the Formation section: "The three principal soil types resulting from this are the mineral-based silt, resulting from the energetic marine environment of the creeks and [[clay]] from the marsh and mud-flats." Only two soil types are listed, unless the sentence following is meant as the third. Educated clarification is needed. [[User:Pjrich|Pjrich]] 20:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC) |
From the Formation section: "The three principal soil types resulting from this are the mineral-based silt, resulting from the energetic marine environment of the creeks and [[clay]] from the marsh and mud-flats." Only two soil types are listed, unless the sentence following is meant as the third. Educated clarification is needed. [[User:Pjrich|Pjrich]] 20:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC) |
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:I hope that is clearer. If not, discuss it further. It was interesting to find that someone had read it! :-) ([[User:RJP|RJP]] 21:20, 9 September 2005 (UTC)) |
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As I understand it, the 'Gentlemen Adventurers' were people who had invested actively in the Dutch East India Company, and were rewarded by being given an area of bog thatr no one wanted near Boston, Lincolnshire. They drained it, and the area is today known and even signposted as as 'Adventurers Land'
In this context, my reading of Adventurer is 'speculator' or 'investor'. The people (ad)ventured their capital in a project such as a cargo from China or draining land, on condition that in return for its success, they got their cut of the profit. I suspect that you are combining the stories of more than one venture.
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From the Formation section: "The three principal soil types resulting from this are the mineral-based silt, resulting from the energetic marine environment of the creeks and clay from the marsh and mud-flats." Only two soil types are listed, unless the sentence following is meant as the third. Educated clarification is needed. Pjrich 20:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
- I hope that is clearer. If not, discuss it further. It was interesting to find that someone had read it! :-) (RJP 21:20, 9 September 2005 (UTC))