Colonization
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…
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…
Mayan Reflections
A few weeks ago, on an anniversary trip to Mexico, I dragged1 my wife around the ruins of several ancient…
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…
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…
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…
What Makes a Successful Colony?
Many groups attempted to settle the New World – the Spanish, English, French, Dutch and others. Some succeeded and some…
