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... probably early in the month , in a small vessel1 with eight- een seamen , Cabot sailed from Bristol animated with high hopes and undaunted courage . Skirting the southern coast of Ireland , he turned the prow of his little bark first ...
... probably early in the month , in a small vessel1 with eight- een seamen , Cabot sailed from Bristol animated with high hopes and undaunted courage . Skirting the southern coast of Ireland , he turned the prow of his little bark first ...
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... probably , and doubt- less followed the same course across the Atlantic as that taken by Cabot in the preceding year . One of the vessels of the fleet , the envoy wrote , " has returned to Ireland in great distress , the ship being much ...
... probably , and doubt- less followed the same course across the Atlantic as that taken by Cabot in the preceding year . One of the vessels of the fleet , the envoy wrote , " has returned to Ireland in great distress , the ship being much ...
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... probably on some part of the island of Cape Breton , the loss of life - about one hundred souls - striking a death blow to the expedition itself . The homeward voyage that followed was also marked by disaster , Gilbert himself perishing ...
... probably on some part of the island of Cape Breton , the loss of life - about one hundred souls - striking a death blow to the expedition itself . The homeward voyage that followed was also marked by disaster , Gilbert himself perishing ...
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... probably near Awliscombe , Devon , and who at the time , accord- ingly , was only twenty - three years of age . Concerning Pring's earlier career we have no information ; but the fact that at this early age he was regarded by the ...
... probably near Awliscombe , Devon , and who at the time , accord- ingly , was only twenty - three years of age . Concerning Pring's earlier career we have no information ; but the fact that at this early age he was regarded by the ...
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... Probably , also , Sir John Popham , ' then Chief Justice of England , had a part in the new undertaking . The command of the expedition was given to Captain George Waymouth , already mentioned in connection with his search for a ...
... Probably , also , Sir John Popham , ' then Chief Justice of England , had a part in the new undertaking . The command of the expedition was given to Captain George Waymouth , already mentioned in connection with his search for a ...
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affairs Agamenticus Aldworth American coast Aulnay Baxter Bristol Cape Captain John Smith Casco bay charter Cleeve's coast of Maine colonists concerning connection council court doubtless England English evidently expedition Farnham Papers Father Biard favorable fishing French George Cleeve George's harbor Gilbert Godfrey grant harbor Hist History hither House of Commons Indians inhabitants interests Josselyn Kennebec king Kittery land letter Levett London Lord Machegonne Maine coast Mary and John Massachusetts bay mention Monhegan narrative Parliament patent Pemaquid Penobscot Pilgrims Piscataqua plantation Plymouth Plymouth company Plymouth Plantation Popham colony possession Pring proceeded Province of Maine Puritan received record reference Relation Richard Richmond's island Rigby river Robert Jordan Robert Trelawny Rosier S. R. Gardiner Saco Sagadahoc sailed says secured settlement ship Sir Ferdinando Gorges Society's Coll territory Thomas Gorges tion trade Trelawny Papers Trelawny's vessel Vines Virginia voyage Waymouth Winter Winthrop
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Page 260 - And also, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy, fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation, so always as the same be not contrary to the laws and statutes of this our realm of England...
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Page 127 - The most Northern part I was at, was the Bay of Pennobscot, which is East and West, North and South, more then ten leagues ; but such were my occasions, I was constrained to be satisfied of them I found in the Bay, that the...