We took Babar to meet Magellan today, in the form of the explorer's monumental statue in the town square. Babar immediately spotted Magellan's galleon, the
Vittoria (let's just say that was the one he commanded; it
is the only one of the five on his circumnavigation that made it back to Spain, though by then Magellan himself had been killed in the Philippines). Babar thought he might cut a fine figure standing on the bowsprit. What do you think?
He then insisted that we take his picture standing on the polished foot of the Tierra del Fuegan Native portrayed below Magellan ("The Natives: always lesser," he tut-tutted—for a
roi distingué, Babar is very perceptive), the old camera around his own neck being worthless for selfies. We obliged.
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