Category: Piscataqua

• Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay

  

  Pring’s crew find what they’re looking for on the New England seacoast …

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1600s, construction, encounter & exploration, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, Piscataqua, seacoast

  forest, fort, indians, martin pring, sailing, sassafras

• Pring 01 ~ Quest for Sassafras

  

  Martin Pring details his visit to the New Hampshire seacoast in 1603.

  Marek

  24 October, 2012

  1600s, animals, encounter & exploration, forestry, herbs, Journal of Martin Pring, Piscataqua, seacoast

  1603, exploration, martin pring, queen elizabeth, sailing, sassafras, seacoast, voyage

• 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!

  Marek

  23 October, 2012

  1620s, encounter & exploration, Merrimack, Piscataqua, rivers, seacoast, SOURCE=Little

  1629, bounds, company, early, exploration, grant, land, mason, plymouth, rivers

• Darby Field Climbs Mount Washington (1642)

  

  Two Indian guides lead the first European expedition to the top of the White Mountains…

  Marek

  7 October, 2012

  1640s, Dover, encounter & exploration, hiking, Piscataqua, rivers, Saco, SOURCE=Calloway, SOURCE=Winthrop, White Mountains

  abenaki, darby field, hiking, john winthrop, mount washington, mountains, rocks, weather, white mountains