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The Gulf of Darién was the site of the Darien scheme, autonomous Scotland's one major attempt at colonialism. The first expedition of five ships (Saint Andrew, Caledonia, Unicorn, Dolphin, and Endeavour) set sail from Leith on July 14, 1698, with around 1,200 people on board. [6]
New Iberia (French: La Nouvelle-Ibérie; [a] Spanish: Nueva Iberia [b]) is the largest city in and parish seat of Iberia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [3] The city of New Iberia is located approximately 21 miles (34 kilometers) southeast of Lafayette, and forms part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area in the region of Acadiana.
The first clue appeared at Coyote Springs, New Mexico, followed by a campsite at one place "and another campsite farther in." They uncovered artefacts from the expedition, including a book on marine science belonging to one of the expeditioners, as well as the pack animal's corpses. [ 2 ]
Tiburón Island is part of the traditional homeland of some bands (or clans) of the Seri people, for many centuries if not millennia. [5] Author Charles Marion Tyler described the island in his 1885 book The Island World of the Pacific Ocean, saying that "little is known [of the island], a hostile tribe of Indians being in possession."
A Colorado teenager who lost her leg in a shark attack in Belize over the summer described a feeling of playing "tug of war" with the dangerous sea creatures as they ripped off her limb and ...
Abbi Jacobson is starstruck by Lisa Kudrow — even after working together. The No Good Deed actress, 40, plays Leslie Fisher in Netflix's new dark dramedy alongside Kudrow, 61, as Lydia Morgan ...
A Nevada man is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend, who was a beloved tattoo artist. Markeem Benson is charged with open murder in connection with the death of 33-year-old Renise Wolfe ...
The Lyford House on Richardson Bay in Tiburon, California, was the home of Benjamin Lyford (1841–1906), a doctor in the Union Army who was born in New Hampshire and raised in Cabot, Vermont. He migrated to San Francisco after the American Civil War to practice medicine.