EPISODE · Nov 4, 2018 · 44 MIN
180 Lucy Bellwood on Sailor Tattoos
from The Weird History Podcast · host Joe Streckert
Lucy Bellwood is a cartoonist and author in Portland, Oregon. Last year her illustration of sailor tattoos went viral. We talked about nautical tattoos, their meanings, and what it means to get well-known on the Internet very quickly. We also […]
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Lucy Bellwood is a cartoonist and author in Portland, Oregon. Last year her illustration of sailor tattoos went viral. We talked about nautical tattoos, their meanings, and what it means to get well-known on the Internet very quickly. We also touched on how one researches and studies history, especially in the context of tattoo myths about James Cook and a book Bellwood recommends, The Discovery of Jeanne Baret. Letterpress versions of Bellwood’s print are available here, and regular prints are here.
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