Hi folks, Please help, if you can. Katim ---------- > From: CLAUS OLSEN <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: HISTORY OF THE GAMBIA > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:53 AM > > DEAR GAMBIAN AND GAMBIA RELATED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, > > FIRST SORRY IF I MAILED SOME OF YOU TWICE. > > END OF DECEMBER I AM GOING TO VISIT BANJUL FOR SOME 3 WEEKS. > > BESIDES BEING A TOURIST, I HAVE A PLAN TO INVESTIGATE ABOUT > HISTORICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GAMBIA AND LATVIA. > > ANCIENT MYTHS HERE IN LATVIA, WHERE I AM LIVING, TELLS THAT A > CERTAIN LATVIAN PERSON: 'ST. ANDREW (ANDREY)' LIVED IN THE GAMBIA > FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PERIOD 1700-1799, TOGETHER WITH A FEW > HUNDRED OTHER LATVIANS. > > AT THE END OF THE MILLENIUM HE 'SOLD' HIS 'EMPIRE' TO THE ENGLISH. > > THERE SHOULD BE A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION IN THE GAMBIA, CALLED > 'ST. ANDREW' - IT SHOULD BE AN ISLAND???? > > I HAVE SEARCH A LOT IN HISOTRY BOOKS OF LATVIA, AND ON THE NET > ABOUT HISTORY OF THE GAMBIA, HOWEVER I FOUND NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING > THE MYTH. > > DID ANY OF YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MYSTICAL 'ST. ANDREW', AND IF SO > KINDLY MAIL ME SOURCE OF INFORMATION, OR WHATEVER YOU OR YOUR > ANCESTERS MIGHT KNOW. > > KINDLY NOTE THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO READ MY EMAILS AFTER > DEC 21ST, 1999 AS I WILL ALREADY BE ON MY WAY, SO IF YOUR HAVE > SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART KINDLY REVERT BEFORE THEN. > > MEANWHILE IS WISH ALL OF YOU > A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW MILLENIUM. > > BEST REGARDS, > CLAUS OLSEN - RIGA - LATVIA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------