All posts tagged "exploration"
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5.8K4Business and LaborThe Dutch in New England: More Than Sinterklaas and Koekjes
Today the remnants of the colonial Dutch in New England are pretty much limited to the region’s outer rim: At Smith’s Castle...
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7.4KNew England PlacesSix Historic Gardens
Historic gardens have a special appeal to New Englanders if only because of our harsh winters and long dreary springs. Though they...
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24.9KScience and NatureA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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6.0KArts and LeisureHow Mount Mitten Got Its Name
New Hampshire’s White Mountains carry many household names. But tucked among the familiar sounding Jefferson Notch and Mount Dartmouth is the oddly...
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6.0K2ConnecticutHiram Bingham, Connecticut’s Indiana Jones, Stumbles onto Machu Picchu
In July of 1911, Hiram Bingham raced to climb to the top of South America’s tallest mountain before a 60-year-old schoolteacher named...
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7.7K4MaineEpenow, the Wampanoag Who Conned His Way Home From England
William Shakespeare probably saw Epenow when he was put on display in London in 1612. Several English sea captains probably wished they’d...
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19.6K6MaineSt. Croix Island, The Lost French Colony of Maine
Sixteen years before the Pilgrims stepped on Plymouth Rock, French adventurers settled St. Croix Island in a river that divides Canada from...
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9.3K1Business and LaborIn 1603 Martin Pring Escapes New England with His Tail between His Legs
Much of what the early European explorers learned of the New England coast they owe to Martin Pring. And Martin Pring owes...
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9.5K1Business and LaborNathaniel Palmer, Connecticut Mariner, Sort of Discovers Antarctica in 1820
On Feb. 6, 1821, young Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and the four-man crew aboard the Hero were becalmed in uncharted waters off Antarctica,...
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11.4K7MassachusettsBartholomew Gosnold, the Founding Grandfather of the 13 Colonies (and Namer of Cape Cod)
When Bartholomew Gosnold and his small crew came to anchor on the Maine coast in 1602, an Indian wearing imported European shoes...
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