I googled "Star of the orient" and the first and only listing by that name was a 1979 adult flick. If you drag the bar to the bottom of the web page, there are 5 recommended listings. What a qwinky dink (Coincidence), the first one up is entitled "Alien Erotica" which brings us right back to Dr. Mitchell! Perhaps then, the "guide" the old trader was refering to is the star of an adult film. Anything is possible. Quoting Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com>:
Never heard of that descriptive name. What time of year did he travel? Could also be a planet...
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Rob Ratkowski Photography < ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
Aloha
I was watching a program yesterday about 'traders' that included the Taureg of N. Africa. An old trader said he used the 'Star of the Orient' as his guide, I looked at the Googled lists but nothing is named that way. anyone know what star that might be?? The Star of the Orient ????
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