As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia.
About Harry Johnston
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He published 40 books on subjects related to the continent of Africa and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century.
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As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
In 1628 came the first English attack on Canada.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
Long after this wonderful event in the Earth’s history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing.
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)