# Endnotes explained — The Land That Time Forgot

> Chapter companion for The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

## What happens

The endnotes provide a brief historical note about the sinking of the Swedish sailing vessel Balmen by a German raider in June 1916, and the recovery of a single dying survivor off the Cape Verde Islands.

## Key lines

> Late in July, 1916 , an item in the shipping news mentioned a Swedish sailing vessel, Balmen , Rio de Janeiro to Barcelona, sunk by a German raider sometime in June . A single survivor in an open boat was picked up off the Cape Verde Islands, in a dying condition. He expired without giving any details.

In late July 1916, a shipping report noted that the Swedish ship Balmen, traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Barcelona, had been sunk by a German raider in June. One survivor was found in a lifeboat near the Cape Verde Islands, but he died before providing any information.

_This note contextualizes the fate of the Balmen and its sole survivor._

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