Early versions were independently invented and patented by a major US auto insurance company, Progressive Auto Insurance () and a Spanish independent inventor, Salvador Minguijon Perez ().

* Sharp, Andrew ( 1960 ) Early Spanish Discoveries in the Pacific

( 2004 ) Before the Spanish Chronicles: Early Apache in the Southern Southwest, pp. 120 – 142.

Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English, who formed a colony in 1666.

Early European possessions in North America included Spanish Florida, Spanish New Mexico, the English colonies of Virginia ( with its North Atlantic off-shoot, The Somers Isles ) and New England, the French colonies of Acadia and Canada, the Swedish colony of New Sweden, and the Dutch New Netherland.

Early Latin America: A History of Colonial Spanish America and Brazil ( 1983 ).

Early in 1797, the Spanish fleet of 27 ships of the line, which were supposed to join the French fleet at Brest lay at Cartagena, on the Mediterranean Sea, with the intention of sailing to Cádiz as an escort of a 57 merchant convoy, carrying mainly mercury — necessary for gold and silver production — which would eventually enter that Spanish harbour along with warships Neptuno, Terrible and Bahama, prior to running into the British force.

Early on the 14th, Jervis learnt that the Spanish fleet was 35 miles to windward.

Early in 1651 Cromwell tried to ease tensions by sending a delegation to The Hague proposing that the Dutch Republic join the Commonwealth and the Dutch would assist the English in conquering most of Spanish America.

Early ties were already visible in the " Apologie " of William the Silent, condemning the Spanish Inquisition, which was written by his court minister, the Huguenot Pierre L ' Oyseleur, lord of Villiers.

Early interaction of these Native Americans with Europeans came with the Spanish colonization via the establishment of missions in this area, with the missions in San Jose, Sonoma, and San Francisco and particularly the establishment of a Presidio ( a military establishment ) in 1776.

Early Spanish blackwork: Borgoña's Lady with Hare wears a chemise embroidered at the neckline and on the sleeves, c. 1505, Toledo.

Early settlers of the area which would eventually become Gonzales were, for the most part, of Spanish and French ancestry, settling amidst the Houma Indians who lived in the area.

* Central Community Center, the former junior high school, now houses the Park Spanish Immersion School and other ISD 283 programs, including Early Childhood Special Education ( ECSE ), Early Childhood Family Education ( ECFE ), and Community Education programs including Gymnastics and Swimming.

Early Spanish successes threatened Paris, and even after the Spanish defeat at Rocroi, Spain remained a strong opponent.

( 1966 ; Fourth printing, 1992 ) The Early Spanish Main.

Early Spanish chroniclers recorded it being celebrated in proximity with the Spring equinox.

Early Spanish explorers called the Southern Paiute Payuchi ( they did not make contact with the Northern Paiute ).

Early Spanish explorers considered the island of little value, partly because the poor soil made growing crops difficult and partly because their attempts to find gold turned up empty-handed.

Early French attempts to found colonies in 1612 at São Luís (" France Équinoxiale "), and in Brazil, in 1555 at Rio de Janeiro (" France Antarctique ") and in Florida ( including Fort Caroline in 1562 ) were not successful, due to a lack of official interest and to Portuguese and Spanish vigilance.

Early Spanish Renaissance paintings are represented in the Prado by the series of works by Pedro Berruguete from the monastery of Santo Tomás in Ávila, notably Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fe.

Early European explorers noted the Chamorros ' fast sailing vessels used for trading with other islands of Micronesia.

Early European explorers to the Americas used the auk as a convenient food source or as fishing bait, reducing its numbers.

Early explorers, including Jacques Cartier and numerous ships attempting to find gold on Baffin Island, were not provisioned with food for the journey home, and therefore used this species as both a convenient food source and bait for fishing.

Early European explorers noted seeps of oil and natural gas in western Pennsylvania and New York.

Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het ( tomorrow it will happen ), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about a group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot ( the devil's cave ), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst ( train journey to the future ) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans a soul.

Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th – 19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some interesting information about Biafra:

Early European explorers reported witnessing mass human sacrifices.

Early French explorers ventured in New France and French Louisiana encountered many rapids and cascades.

" Early explorers such as Allen, Harper and Bates first entered the Tanana Valley in 1875 and 1885.

Early explorers had hoped to follow the Piscataqua River north to Lake Champlain in search of the great lakes and rivers of Canada mentioned in Indian folklore.

Early explorers, finding Indians there growing a native strain of tobacco, named it the Tobacco Plains.

Early Dutch explorers and traders discovered red ores in the area and attempted to mine them as early as 1750, but were unsuccessful in their mistaken attempts to extract copper from the ores.

Early explorers of the Pacific Northwest often named sheltered inlets with names beginning with " Port ".

Early French explorers referred to these natives as the Huron, either from the French huron (" ruffian ", " rustic "), or from hure (" boar's head ").

Early European explorers to the New world were also exposed to flint knapping techniques.

Early European explorers report that the island had a number of small chiefdoms or princedoms in the early 16th century.

Early maps of European explorers called the river ( also in combination with the Kansas River ) the River of the Padoucas as its source is located in what was then Padouca ( Comanche ) territory.

Early explorers and European settlers noted that the New Zealand forest had a loud dawn chorus.

Early portable stoves burned animal fat and polar explorers continued to use blubber as a supplement for cooking fuel into the early 20th Century.

Early European explorers depended on the assistance of Native American guides — specifically, the Choctaw and Chickasaw.

Early European explorers often adopted the names of tribes from the ethnonyms which other tribes gave them, not understanding that these differed from what the peoples called themselves.

Early European explorers discovered evidence of fish traps located on Emu Point and on French, now Kalgan, River and a small " village " of bark dwellings that were, at the time, deserted.

Early British explorers such as Watkin Tench described them as friendly, saying, " they bade us adieu, in unabated friendship and good humour ".