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The Ballad of the Salty Sea is a graphic novel, the first episode of the adventures of Corto Maltese, a Maltese sailor. This story was written and drawn by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt. It was published for the first time between 1967 and 1969, in the magazine Il Sergente Kirk. It takes place in Melanesia (Western Oceania), shortly before World War I, between 1913 and 1915. It introduces many future important characters from the series, such as the romantic Corto, the crazy Russian sailor Rasputin, and the young cousins Pandora and Cain.[1] On october 31, 1913, the Pacific Ocean becomes calm after a terrible storm. Russian pirate Rasputin sails aboard a Fijian catamaran, when his second Cranio spots two young unconscious castaways in a lifeboat, off Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands). They are brought on board, Rasputin hoping to obtain a ransom from their family. After waking up, they explain that they are two cousins, Pandora and Cain Groovesnore. They were sailing ab

The Ballad of the Salty Sea - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1967–69 graphic novel by Hugo Pratt The Ballad of the Salty Sea ( Una ballata del mare salato ) The geographical extent of Melanesia, action area of this story Series Corto Maltese Publisher Casterman Creative team Creator Hugo Pratt Original publication Published in 1967–1969 ISBN 978-1-68405-641-5 Chronology Followed by Under the Sign of Capricorn The Ballad of the Salty Sea is a graphic novel , the first episode of the adventures of Corto Maltese , a Maltese sailor. This story was written

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