Martin Pring brings out his pets.
Category Archives: encounter & exploration
Pring 05 ~ Their Weapons are Bowes
The English visitors inspect their hosts…
Pring 04 ~ Sassafras Dance
Quite possibly the first world-fusion dance party in New England history…
Pring 03 ~ Meeting the Locals
The native people of NH’s seacoast take some interest in Martin Pring’s sassafras harvesting expedition …
Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay
Pring’s crew find what they’re looking for on the New England seacoast …
Pring 01 ~ Quest for Sassafras
Martin Pring details his visit to the New Hampshire seacoast in 1603.
Bounds of New Hampshire (Mason Grant, 1629)
This 1629 land grant by the Plymouth Company caused many headaches when everyone realized they’d ALREADY granted some of the same land to other people… not to mention the inhabitants already living thereupon!
Darby Field Climbs Mount Washington (1642)
Two Indian guides lead the first European expedition to the top of the White Mountains…
