Sublime

Apart from a very limited amount of state sponsorship, it was usually the prospect of commercial gain or of new lands for settlement which funded exploration – a misleading term, which usually signified the ‘mapping’ of existing trade paths through local informants. But the propulsion of economic or demographic need was spasmodic at best.

William Keeling,

The first settler to own land in Waltham was a violent sea captain named John Oldham, also known as Mad Jack. Oldham was murdered off the coast of Block Island in 1636. Winthrop would use the mystery surrounding Oldham’s death to justify a brutal war against the Pequot nation. Prior to the war (which the Pequot people tried to avert) the Pequot

The Sultana, or ‘queen’, of Patani made a deep impression on Floris. ‘A comely oulde woman nowe about three score yeares…she was tall of person and full of majestie.’ She was also ‘a good sport’, thought nothing of hunting wild buffalo in the forest, and was a great patron of the arts. Her dance troupe was the best Floris had ever seen; and when by

Character: Show that the witness has been dishonest in other statements or actions, or has criminal convictions suggesting dishonesty.

Two months later the Defence broke – or was cut – from her moorings and also came into Dutch possession. Using these ships and their crews as bargaining counters the Dutch commander opened negotiations; if Courthope would relinquish Run he would return both prizes and prisoners. Many of the prisoners also wrote urging compliance. They were being

was repaired when mistakes were made so that trust continued.