Clay Perry, an American caver of the 1940s, wrote about a group of men and boys who explored and studied caves throughout New England.

The Northwest Passage represented a new route to the established trading nations of Asia, as in 1493 to defuse trade disputes, Pope Alexander VI split the discovered world in two between Spain and Portugal ; thus France, the Netherlands, and England were left without a sea route to Asia, either via Africa or South America, unless their ships defied the ban and explored such waters regardless ( they did, and the ban became unenforceable ).

These explorations in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans were soon followed by France, England and the Netherlands, who explored the Portuguese and Spanish trade routes into the Pacific Ocean, reaching Australia in 1606 and New Zealand in 1642.

Captain John Smith of England explored and mapped the bay between 1607 and 1609, which was published in 1612 as A Map of Virginia.

Following the founding of the Bayou Sara settlement by Franciscan / Cappucin monks in the late 17th century, the area was explored further by Spain, France, and England.

Cohasset was first seen by Europeans in 1614, when Captain John Smith explored the coast of New England.

* civil action-in most serious cases where all other options have been explored, Natural England can take civil action to claim possession of SSSIs under serious threat.

Captain John Smith explored and mapped the coast of New England, naming many features, originally naming the Charles River the Massachusetts River, which was derived from the tribe living in the region.

John Smith explored and mapped New England and gave names to places mainly based on the names used by Native Americans.

The Brownings spent much of their time out of England and explored European models and matter in much of their poetry.

In 1912, actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree proposed another collaboration between Hood and German to provide a musical production based on the life of Sir Francis Drake, but German declined the commission saying that its Elizabethan setting would merely result in his covering ground already explored in Merrie England.

Oxley discovered the rich Northern Rivers and New England regions of New South Wales, and in what is now Queensland he explored the present site of Brisbane.

New Albion, also known as Nova Albion, was the name of the region of the Pacific coast of North America explored by Sir Francis Drake and claimed by him for England in 1579.

The western coast of North America had been partially explored in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who sailed for the Spanish, but as England was in conflict with Spain, Drake decided to claim the region.

The planning enquiry eventually rejected the application from Associated British Ports recommending that the environmental value of the site could not be overruled when there were alternative sites for port expansion in southern England which had not yet been fully explored.

The western parts of the passage were explored by northern European countries such as England, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway, looking for an alternative seaway to China and India.

With high ticket prices to serve the club's existing debts and low attendance figures, Arsenal explored the possibility of building a larger stadium to attract an ever growing fanbase and compete financially with the biggest clubs in England.

The company also had marketing rights to the MEDUSA CAD system, produced in England by a company named Cambridge Interactive Systems ( CIS ), and experience in the domain, the company explored transitioning to a CAD company.

Lynn Canal was explored by Joseph Whidbey in 1794 and named by George Vancouver for his birthplace, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

Spain, France, and England eventually explored and claimed parts of what is now the Southern United States, and the cultural influences of each can still be seen in the region today.

* Cabotia – in honour of Italian explorer John Cabot, who explored the eastern coast of Canada for England

In early 2006 Talbot presented a regional series for ITV Granada called Locks and Quays which explored the canal system of North West England.

They explored two caves on Motu Nui, in one of which the Hopu used to stay while waiting for the first egg of the season, and the other used to contain Titahanga-o-te-henua " The Boundary of the Land ", a small moai that had already been taken to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England.

From then until 1890, with a few brief intervals spent in England, Selous hunted and explored over the then little-known regions north of the Transvaal and south of the Congo Basin, shooting elephants, and collecting specimens of all kinds for museums and private collections.

Maritime trading patterns shifted considerably from mainly trading with New England, Britain, and the Caribbean, to being focused on commerce with the Canadian interior, enforced by the federal government's tariff policies.

Meanwhile, Sir Francis Drake had undertaken a major voyage against Spanish ports and ships to the Caribbean in 1585 and 1586, and in 1587 had made a successful raid on Cadiz, destroying the Spanish fleet of war ships intended for the Enterprise of England: Philip II had decided to take the war to England.

* Railways of the Caribbean by David Rollinson ( 2001, Macmillan, Oxford England ) ISBN 0-333-73042-9

In the English-speaking Caribbean, Robert Mole & Sons of Birmingham, England, was long considered the manufacturer of agricultural cutlasses of the best quality.

He was given the code name " Remus ", was assigned to the Secret Intelligence branch, and took part in missions in the Caribbean, South America, France, and England.

The government purchased the slaves for £ 20, 000, 000 ( the money went to rich plantation owners who mostly lived in England ), and freed the slaves, especially those in the Caribbean sugar islands.

In the fall of 1701 both France and England sent fleets there ; the French fleet of Château-Renault was, at 28 ships of the line, larger than any previous European fleet seen in the Caribbean.

Beads could come from China or Italy, tobacco from the American South, molasses and rum from the Caribbean, with the metal goods and wool originating in England.

Soon after the attack, when Sir Francis Drake paused on his way home from a successful raid in the Caribbean and offered to take the colonists, including the metallurgist Joachim Gans, back to England, they accepted.

Nowadays the original game is especially popular in the Caribbean, but a simpler variant has also survived in parts of England.

" Sailor's Valentines " were late 19th century decorative keepsakes which were made in the Caribbean, and which were often purchased by sailors to give to their loved ones back home for example in England.

Huracan is referred to in Grace Nichols ' poem Hurricane Hits England where she makes references to the Caribbean gods.

During his time with this regiment Brock served in the Caribbean, where he fell ill with fever and nearly died, only recovering once he had returned to England in 1793.

After Raleigh was named as the state capital, New Bern rebuilt its economy by expanding on trade via shipping routes to the Caribbean and New England.

The British transported more than 3, 000 freedmen for resettlement to Nova Scotia, where they became known as Black Loyalists ; others were taken to England and the Caribbean.

Sessions took place at George Martin AIR Studios in London England and Montserrat in the Caribbean.

England were due to tour the Caribbean in 1973-74, but Illingworth was sacked within minutes of losing the disastrous Third Test at Lords by an innings and 226 runs and Mike Denness was appointed instead.

( She moved briefly to the Caribbean to live with him in the late Nineties, but they later separated and she returned to England.

Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja ( B. americana ) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death.

Bruno grew up with five siblings in a terraced house in Wandsworth, South London, where his parents had settled after moving to England from the Caribbean.

The Nordic Choir at Luther College in Decorah has performed around the world, appearing in Norway, England, Germany, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic countries, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Court dress in many jurisdictions with legal systems derived from England's, including Caribbean and African countries have court dress identical to that in England and Wales.

It would then travel to the Caribbean to trade the slaves for precious metals, sugar, indigo, and medicinal ingredients, which would then be transported back to England.