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3 days ago · As part of Acadia during the French regime (1720–58), it was called Île Saint-Jean, but when the British took over they first Anglicized the name to St. John’s Island, then attempted to call it New Ireland, and finally, in 1799, named it for Edward Augustus, the duke of Kent and Strathern, commander of the British forces in North America ...
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Table of Contents Population. Mi’kmaq First Nations (Native...
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Prince Edward Island - Culture, Institutions, History: Both...
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Table of Contents Canadian provincial flag consisting of...
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At that time many of the island’s landowners lived in...
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5 days ago · At the end of ‘Vikings: Valhalla,’ we find Leif and Freydis on a ship to sail to the Golden Land, and as dictated by history, they will end up there. Many things must be considered, and they must stop at Greenland first. Freydis needs to get her son, who was found by Stigr, back. She has to confront her father and get her people on the boat.
5 days ago · Prehistory. The Solomon Islands were initially settled by at least 2000 bce —well before the archaeological record begins—probably by people of the Austronesian language group. Pottery of the Lapita culture was in use in Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands about 1500 bce.
5 days ago · Cayman Islands, island group and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Jamaica.
2 days ago · Some sources state that the Portuguese made the first landing in 1520, when Lás Rafael, captained by Ruy Vaz Pereira, called at Tristan for water. The first undisputed landing was made on 7 February 1643 by the crew of the Dutch East India Company ship Heemstede, captained by Claes Gerritsz Bierenbroodspot. The Dutch stopped at the island four ...
3 days ago · The Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
3 days ago · History. João da Nova discovered the island on Ascension Day 1501. Discovery. The island's discovery is disputed. An undocumented claim states that it was discovered in 1501, either on 25 March or 21 May, by João da Nova, on his outward voyage to India.
