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Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "New Netherland" Adriaen Courtsen Block (c. 1567 – 27 April 1627) was a Dutch private trader, privateer, and ship's captain who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson ...
Adrian Lampsins, sometimes called Adrien Lampsius, [1] (1598-1673) was the Baron of colonial Tobago, alongside his brother, Cornelius Lampsins. Born to a wealthy merchant family in Vlissingen , in 1654 Adrian and Cornelius led a group of 50 colonists on the opposite side of Tobago of what was then New Courland , and named their settlement New ...
Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (c.1618 – 1655) was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland after whose honorific Jonkheer the city of Yonkers, New York, is named.. Although he was not, as sometimes claimed, the first lawyer in the Dutch colony (an 'honor' that befell the lesser-known Lubbert Dinclagen who arrived in 1634), [not verified in body] Van der Donck was a leader in the ...
Dianna Temple's work emphasizes social, political, and environmental barriers for people with disabilities. She will speak March 18 at Adrian College.
Adrian Charles Cuthbert Seligman, DSC (26 November 1909 – 6 August 2003) [1] was a British sailor, writer, and soldier in the Second World War. Seligman would create the Levant Schooner Flotilla naval commando unit in the Aegean Sea.
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Adrian Morris's 1978 presentation in the Hayward Annual in London Although a dedicated painter all his life, Morris was reserved in showing his work, but over the years from the mid-'50s he did exhibit at a number of leading London galleries, including the Leicester, St. George's and the Hanover.
Elon Musk has questioned reality after speaking with a man with a voice that sounds “exactly like him”.. The tech billionaire took part in a Spaces event on X, the company formerly known as ...