As I mentioned in my last post, land was first sighted from the Mayflower on November 20, 1620, after a voyage of 66 days. Captain Jones determined it was Cape Cod and turned south to reach the land for which the Separatists had a patent – land which was located north of the Hudson River […]
The Pilgrims Reach the New World – Now What? — SaylingAway
Without doubt, one of the most eccentric and certainly one of the most controversial figures of the entire Early Modern period was the iconoclastic Swiss physician Theophrastus von Hohenheim (c. 1493–1541), more popularly known as Paracelsus. Trying to write about Paracelsus is complicated by the fact that he is the source of numerous myths and […]
Renaissance Science – XXIII — The Renaissance Mathematicus
I have already encountered quite a bit of information in past research about wild west shows; the origins of moving pictures and movie houses; affiliation of well-known actors, entertainers, and authors with freemasonry; thought-provoking evidence of an already existing civilization in North America and of a mud flood; and all of this is drawing me […]
Shapers of the New Narrative – Part 1 Dime Westerns, Wild West Shows, and Western Movies — Revealing What Has Been Hidden in Front of Our Eyes
I have a lot of respect for David Starkey.
I don’t necessarily agree with everything he says, but he presents his subject peerlessly, as factually as he can. That can’t be said for all historians.
I admire his forthright, independent approach, his certainty and his passion.
Copyright Francis 2021
Copyright Francis 2021
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