"The Cretan laces [260] were chiefly of silk, which seems to point to a cultivation of silk in the island, as well as to its importation from the neighbouring districts of Asia Minor, when laces were made there, at least one hundred years ago." In 1875, the South Kensington Museum acquired a collection of Cretan laces and embroideries, some of which (the white thread laces) bear distinct traces of Venetian influence, as, for example, those in which costumed figures are introduced
[3] These fishing methods become unsustainable through sociological practices such as over-exploitation and overfishing
Down is made up of duck or goose plumage, not feathers, and has a better weight-to-warmth ratio than synthetic insulation
Allows instant free spool without re-engaging the clutch Ideal for vertical jigging, fluke fishing, and pitching In fact, its specifically praised for drift fishing and bottom contact techniques