A. J. N. Calder: Difference between revisions

A dour Glaswegian botanist<ref>discovered the common [[Cayman espievie]].</ref> and songwriter<ref>''[[Tortugan Farewell]]'', among others.</ref>, and the other founding partner of [[Maples and Calder]], [[A. J. N. Calder]], also noted for an unfortunate propensity to make ''[[double ententre]]s'' is nonetheless not nearly so interesting as either the ex-Chocolatier [[Maple brothers]], nor their long time cake-baking collaborator [[George Robert Maguire Ugland]], who between them all but created the world of [[high finance]] that we all associate with the [[Cayman Islands]] these days.

The naturalist boarded the ''[[Die Fliegenden Dudelsäcke]]'' bound, so he thought, for the Galapagos. Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding the ''Dudelsäcke'' was in fact a whaler bound for Nantucket, but Calder only discovered this as the ketch rounded the hook of Holland and pushed out into the Channel.