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4 days ago · How Britain’s war hero and royal reject fell on his feet in Brussels. Peter Townsend was the Air Force ace who might have married Britain’s Princess Margaret, but his romance rocked the Palace. Monday, 3 January 2022. Townsend (left) with fellow pilot Caesar Hull. Peter Townsend was the Air Force ace who might have married Britain’s ...
4 days ago · In 1609, the Dutch East India Company commissioned the English explorer and navigator Henry Hudson to search for a possible northeastern passage to Asia. He had already tried to find that route on two previous occasions at the request of English merchants, so he embarked on the ship Halve Maen (“Half Moon”) , of which there is a replica in ...
5 days ago · English explorer Henry Hudson was born at the height of the age of exploration in Europe, as navigators hunted for new routes to Asia. Hudson's multiple voyages in search of a Northwest passage eventually set the stage for British colonial dominance in North America. Part of the "World Explorers" series.
1 day ago · 19 October 1785. 7. Convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing one linen gown (21s), nine yards and a half of linen trimming (2ss 3d), one silk and cotton gown (6s), one black stuff flounced petticoat (6s), one apron (12d), one black silk bonnet (12d) and 9s 6d in money (Guilty of stealing 39s total). William Hamlin.
1 day ago · Hudson's Bay Company: The first wooden side-wheeler to travel between Victoria and New Westminster on the Fraser River Built at San Francisco in 1861 and bought by Hudson's Bay Company in 1862 Collided with the steamer R.P. Rithet (sternwheeler) 28 July 1885: SS Europa: SS Exact: Experiment: John Guise: 150 tons, crew of "about 36" Britain
4 days ago · 1525 May. Portuguese explorer, Estevan Gomez, sails for Charles V of Spain, sees Highlands area. 1529. First map of Highlands area, made by Spanish Diego Ribero, names Sandy Hook as Cabo de Arenas (cape of sands) and the river as Rio de Santiago (river of St. James). 1609 September 2. Henry Hudson first sees the Highlands area. 1609 September 6.
4 days ago · The Hudson's Bay Company. The Hudson's Bay Company was at one point the largest fur company in North America. The company was named after English explorer Henry Hudson who sailed through the Canadian northeast in 1609–1610 and discovered the bay and river that were named for him. French explorers Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des ...
