The origin of "Rocinante"

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I was listening to RUSH's Cygnus X-1 Books I and II. Their starship is called the ROCINANTE. I thought this my be an interesting trivia question. What book did the name come from and who or what was Rocinante?  
No Cheating.............. RUSHHEADS. 
You have until Monday March 10th, 0900 hrs. Pacific Standard time. 
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Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Topic: The origin of "Rocinante" Posted: March 04 2004 at 12:51
	I was listening to RUSH's Cygnus X-1 Books I and II. Their starship is called the ROCINANTE. I thought this my be an interesting trivia question. What book did the name come from and who or what was Rocinante? No Cheating.............. RUSHHEADS. You have until Monday March 10th, 0900 hrs. Pacific Standard time. . . . . . . . GO

Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: March 04 2004 at 14:43
	Cervantes - Don Quixote. It was the title character's bony old horse. Absolutely brilliant and funny book -- well worth reading! I plan to re-read it one day soon!
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Posted: March 04 2004 at 19:44
	Damn Peter, I thought I had a stumper!!!

Paco Fox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 10 2004 Location: Spain Status: Offline Points: 500	Posted: March 05 2004 at 03:33
	Damn it! I'm spanish and Peter gave the answer before me! I really should be connected to this forum the WHOLE day!

dude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 30 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1338	Posted: March 05 2004 at 07:48
	A quick answer !!good, at least it saves us the tedium of "tilting at windmills"

Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: March 05 2004 at 08:00
	Ha! Good "Quixotian" reference, Dude! And I thought you only read the TV guide!
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.