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William Henry McNeill (7 July 1803 – 4 September 1875) was an American marine captain and explorer, best known for his 1830 expedition as the captain of the brig Llama (also spelled Lama), which sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 12,000 miles (19,000 km) around Cape Horn, to the Pacific Northwest on a maritime fur trade expedition.
In 1889, Inglenook wines won gold medals in the World's Fair of Paris, and was the most successful non-French winery. In 1919, Inglenook wines won 19 gold medals at the 1919 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco. In 2007, Gustave Niebaum was posthumously inducted into the Culinary Institute of America's Vintner's Hall of Fame ...
[3] [2] General Robert E. Lee wrote, "The success of Captain McNeill is very gratifying, and, I hope may be often repeated." [4] On February 16, the McNeill partisans captured a guarded supply train and received General's Lee praise for their actions, "This is the third feat of the same character in which Captain McNeill had displayed skill and ...
San Ysidro Ranch in California certainly makes a compelling case for viticultural travel.
While a midshipman aboard HMS Resolution commanded by a friend of General Aubrey's, Captain Douglas, Jack was turned before the mast for hiding a girl aboard the ship. [6] He spent six months as a common seaman before being re-rated as a midshipman. [6] This was when Lord Keith was still Captain Elphinstone, [6] therefore pre-1797.
Henry McNeil (1849 – 2 June 1924) was a Scottish footballer. During his career, McNeil played in several positions for Queen's Park (where he won five Scottish Cups ) [ 1 ] [ a ] and Third Lanark , [ 4 ] as well as the Scotland national team .
Almost 60,000 images were submitted, but only five images, including Wood's image, made the final lineup. An exterior view of the Natural History Museum in London, England on Oct. 30, 2010.
He was probably best known for his role as Captain Frank McNeil, the former partner turned supervisor of Theo Kojak, Telly Savalas's character, in the 1970s TV police drama Kojak. His screen career started in 1950.