In 1609, the Dutch East India Company hired Hudson, gave him two learned geographers, fitted him out with a ship called the Half Moon, and supplied him with Dutch sailors.

When the Half Moon put in at Dartmouth, England, in the fall of 1609, word of Hudson's findings leaked out, and English interest in him revived.

On the third voyage, a near-mutiny rising from a quarrel between Dutch and English crew members on the Half Moon had almost forced him to head the ship back to Amsterdam in Mid-Atlantic.

The mate, Robert Juet, who had kept the journal on the Half Moon, was experienced -- but he was a bitter old man, ready to complain or desert at any opportunity.

Douglas Hunter, in Half Moon ( 2009 ), believes Hudson may not have mentioned his supposed discovery of the island because he was " loath to address a crew insurrection that might well have erupted at that time, when the men realized where he was trying to take them.

The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New York Bay was in 1609 with the voyage of the ship Halve Maen or " Half Moon ", captained by Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch Republic, as the emissary of Holland's stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

In the Bay Area, for example, the average maximum temperature in July is about at Half Moon Bay on the coast, at Walnut Creek only inland, and at Tracy, just inland.

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In 1609, Henry Hudson, thinking he had found the legendary " Northwest Passage ", sailed on the Half Moon up the river that would one day bear his name and anchored near the area that is now Haverstraw before continuing to disillusionment north of Albany.

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These include Great Stirrup Cay, owned by Norwegian Cruise Line, Little Stirrup Cay otherwise known as Royal Caribbean International's " Coco Cay ", Carnival Corporation's Little San Salvador Island or " Half Moon Cay ", and Castaway Cay, of Disney Cruise Line.

The tower stood on the site of the present Half Moon Battery, and was connected by a section of curtain wall to the smaller Constable's Tower, a round tower built between 1375 and 1379 where the Portcullis Gate now stands.

Much of the castle was subsequently rebuilt by Regent Morton, including the Spur, the new Half Moon Battery, and the Portcullis Gate.

The Half Moon Battery, while impressive in size, is considered by historians as an ineffective and dated artillery fortification.

King George IV waves from the battlements of the Half Moon Battery in 1822, drawn by James Skene

* 1879 Indians attack and kill Jennie Coalson, wife of Nic Coalson, and two children at Half Moon Prairie.

* 1858 Half Moon Reef Lighthouse is constructed in Matagorda Bay.

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" It was Hendrik Hudson and his crew aboard the Dutch vessel ' Half Moon " who, in 1609, first spotted land in what is now Monmouth County, most likely off Sandy Hook.

Harriet Harman MP lives in Winterbrook Road, Albert Booth MP, Secretary of State for Employment under Jim Callaghan, lived on the corner of Woodwarde Road and Desenfans Road and Sir Robin Butler, secretary to the Cabinet, lived in Half Moon Lane.

Order of the Arrow – Half Moon Lodge

* Banning, C. " Food Shortage and Public Health, First Half of 1945 ," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol.

* James Monroe in His Relations to the Public Service During Half a Century, 1776 – 1826, Boston, 1883

Public concern about New York tenements was stirred by the publication in 1890 of Jacob Riis ' How the Other Half Lives.

* Weinstock, Herbert, Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Random House, 1963.

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.

The steamship would pick up guests at the Smiths Ferry railroad station across the Connecticut River in what was then Northampton, ferry them to a tramway leading to the Half Way House.

This tavern was referred to as the " Half Way House ", because it was half-way between Reading and Sunbury.

The Wade ’ s “ Half Way House ” was a regular stop for the stagecoach lines operating between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac.

She has also acted on TV as a character ( not as " MC Lyte ") in such shows as In the House, Get Real, Half & Half, and The District.

In 1858, Moses Cudworth of Rindge, New Hampshire opened The Half Way House hotel on the south side of the mountain, roughly halfway from the base to the summit.

Some notable TV shows that have used it include The Jack Benny Program ( 1961 ), A Piano in the House from The Twilight Zone ( 1962 ), The Onedin Line ( 1971 and 1972 ), The Benny Hill Show ( 1985 ), The Simpsons ( 1991-2011 ), Two and a Half Men ( 2004 ), What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Half of the attacking Federals were wounded or killed within minutes, most near the Borden House.

For example " Half a Mask of Kung Fu " is based on Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, " Shanghai Moon " is based on Shanghai Noon, " Armour of the Gods " is based on Armour of God, " Project A, For Astral " is based on Project A and " Rumble in the Big House " is based on Rumble in the Bronx.

ICM Partners represents several noted executive producers and other showrunners and has successfully packaged hit shows such as Grey ’ s Anatomy ; Dancing with the Stars ; Modern Family The Big Bang Theory ; Criminal Minds ; Undercover Boss ; Cougar Town ; House ; Breaking Bad ; Mike & Molly ; The Simpsons ; Two and a Half Men ; Sons of Anarchy ; Psych ; The Ellen DeGeneres Show ; America ’ s Next Top Model ; Kitchen Nightmares ; Last Comic Standing ; Don't Forget the Lyrics ; Friends ; Army Wives ; Cheers ; Sex and the City ; Frasier ; and Scrubs.

Other major stars in the early 1950s included Frank Sinatra (" Young at Heart ," " Three Coins in the Fountain ," " Witchcraft "), Tony Bennett (" Cold, Cold Heart ," " Because of You ," " Rags to Riches "), Kay Starr (" Bonaparte's Retreat ," " Wheel of Fortune ," " Rock and Roll Waltz "), Rosemary Clooney (" Come On-a My House ," " Mambo Italiano ," " Half as Much ," " This Ole House "), Dean Martin (" That's Amore ," " Return to Me ," " Sway "), Georgia Gibbs (" Kiss of Fire ," " Dance With Me, Henry ," " Tweedle Dee "), Eddie Fisher (" Anytime ," " Wish You Were Here ," " Thinking of You ," " I'm Walking Behind You ," " Oh!

Roughly a walk round the boundary would be, Hollingbank Lane, White Lee Side then across the school playing field to the Half way House on the A62, down the A62 to ginnel below Lillybets, then a line from that to the right of the Crown ( the Crown is not in Heckmondwike ) down the back of the houses on Boundary Street to the beck, then down the back to where the railway used to cross Smithies Lane-the High one not the low one-( with the exception of the site of the old Beehive Mills on the south of the Beck, who lobbied to be included in Heckmondwike so the could get cheaper rates

Opened in 1980 and expanded in 1986, the museum occupies warehouse block D at the Albert Dock, along with the Piermaster's House, Canning Half Tide Dock and Canning Graving Docks.

He later went on to enjoy widespread fame in many comedy roles including Hancock's Half Hour ( 1956 – 60 ), the Carry On series of films and sitcoms such as George and the Dragon ( 1966 ) Two In Clover ( 1969 – 70 ) and Bless This House ( 1971 – 76 ).

* James Widdoes 1972 – Film and television actor, director, and producer: Animal House ( actor ), Charles in Charge ( actor ), Night Court ( actor ), Dave's World ( director / actor ), My Wife and Kids ( director / actor ), 8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter ( director / producer ), Two and a Half Men ( director )

Half of the House of Councillors comes up for election every three years.

Half of the enclosure was discovered beneath the site of the demolished Flagstones House in advance of the construction of the Dorchester by-pass road.

The Half Moon Theatre lies to the rear of the Opera House.