Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Whilst in Cornwall he carried out important work on steam engines and gas-lights. 1788: James Ruse, a Cornishman from Launceston, arrives in New South Wales aboard the transport Scarborough, part of the First Fleet of Australian convict ships. [45] 1792: Cornwall County Library (public) founded in Truro. 1792–1802: French Revolutionary Wars
The history of Cornwall goes back to the Paleolithic, but in this period Cornwall only had sporadic visits by groups of humans. Continuous occupation started around 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age .
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Atlas of Cornwall by Christopher Saxton from 1576 (from History of Cornwall) Image 6 Land's End (from Geography of Cornwall ) Image 7 An aerial view of Carrick Roads (from Geography of Cornwall )
Sources diverge leading up to the time of King Arthur, with Caradoc placed either during the time of Arthur (as in the Welsh Triads, and later tradition), soon before Gorlois (Carew's Survey of Cornwall), or before his brother Dionotus as Caradocus in the Historia Regum Britanniae, while the Book of Baglan only keeps Gorlois, but gives him an entirely different set of ancestors.
Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, [1] to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall is also a royal duchy of the United Kingdom. It has an estimated population of half a million and it has its own distinctive history and culture.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Military history of Cornwall (10 C, 84 P) Mining in Cornwall (6 C, 59 P) ... Timeline of Cornish history; Timeline of St Columb Major; Tin Duties Act 1838; Tintagel ...