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A Tale of Two “First Encounters” – Champlain vs Standish

The Pilgrim’s “First Encounter,” with the Natives, as they themselves called it, is rather famous. I recently came across a…

3 years ago

The Five Trading Posts of the Pilgrims

The fur trade saved the Pilgrims’ Plymouth colony from financial ruin. Setting up a new colony wasn’t cheap, and the…

3 years ago

Mayan Reflections

A few weeks ago, on an anniversary trip to Mexico, I dragged1 my wife around the ruins of several ancient…

3 years ago

The Voyage of the Mayflower

Discover the famous voyage of the Pilgrims from Holland and England to Plymouth on the Speedwell and Mayflower. They encountered…

3 years ago

Priscilla Alden: Maiden of the Mayflower

If a visitor today to Plymouth, Massachusetts has the patience to seek out a quiet corner of Brewster Gardens, near…

3 years ago

Why the Pilgrims Should Have Been Baptists

During my continuing studies on the Pilgrims, I came across a passage that bears on the continuing debate over infant…

3 years ago

What Makes a Successful Colony?

Many groups attempted to settle the New World – the Spanish, English, French, Dutch and others. Some succeeded and some…

3 years ago