Article: Pre-1600: Trade and Commerce: Headline Makers
American Eras;      11 words ...Pre-1600: Trade and Commerce: Headline Makers Sir Francis Drake (1543-1596)

Article: Jacques Cartier
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), French explorer and navigator, may truly be said...the land around it "Canada." Born in Saint-Malo in Brittany, Jacques Cartier probably had already been on trading and exploring missions...

Article: Saint‐Maurice
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      34 words ...Saint‐Maurice, Canada, France, Switzerland Canada (Quebec): a river discovered by Jacques Cartier † in 1535 and later named after Maurice Poulin, who was given a seigniory to the north of its mouth in 1668.

Article: West Marin refresher: don't pass by the hills of San Geronimo Valley.(Northern California.)
Sunset;  April 1, 2004 ;     357 words ......briefly as they whiz through on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard en route to Point Reyes National...Nicasio Valley Rd., 1/2 mile north of Sir Francis Drake Blvd.). You'll find an open meadow...Geronimo Valley Cultural Center (6350 Sir Francis Drake; www.sgvcc.org or 415/488-9385). ...

Article: Investment Group Led by Oxford Lodging Buys San Francisco Landmark Sir Francis Drake Hotel; Renowned 1928 Property at Union Square Will Undergo $20-million Renovation; Celebrated Beefeater Doormen and Scala's Bistro to Remain.
Business Wire;  June 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ...SAN FRANCISCO -- The 417-room Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, the Union Square...Group -- from San Francisco-based Sir Francis Drake Hotel Associates, L.P., led by Kimpton...Group, LLC. The acquisition of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel adds to Oxford Lodging's San...

Article: REMINDER/San Francisco's Renowned Beefeater Doorman Tom Sweeney Celebrates 25 Years At the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, Sunday, December 16, 2001.
Business Wire;  December 16, 2001 ;     184 words ......Sunday (Dec. 16) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Sir Francis Drake Hotel WHO: Tom Sweeney WHAT: Native...began working at the historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel in 1977 when he was just 19 years...checks-in hotel guests. WHERE: Sir Francis Drake Hotel (in front of the main entrance...

Article: ADVISORY/San Francisco's Renowned Beefeater Doorman Tom Sweeney Celebrates 25 Years At the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, Sunday, December 16, 2001.
Business Wire;  December 14, 2001 ;     189 words ......BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2001 Sir Francis Drake Hotel WHO: Tom Sweeney WHAT: Native...began working at the historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel in 1977 when he was just 19 years...checks-in hotel guests. WHERE: Sir Francis Drake Hotel (in front of the main entrance...

Article: Pre-1600: Warfare: Headline Makers
American Eras;      22 words ...Pre-1600: Warfare: Headline Makers Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) Francisco V á squez de Coronado (1510?-1554) Hernando de Soto (1500?-1542)

Article: Gaspé Peninsula
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      206 words ......is known in its highest part as the Shickshock Mts. Mt. Jacques Cartier, or Tabletop Mt. (4,160 ft/1,268 m), is the highest elevation...Mts., and there are bird sanctuaries off the east coast. Jacques Cartier landed on the peninsula in 1534.

Article: Cape Horn
World Encyclopedia;      23 words ...Cape Horn Southernmost point of South America in s Chile. It was sighted by Francis Drake in 1578, and first rounded in 1616 by Cornelis van Schouten.

Article: Pre-1600: Warfare: Publications
American Eras;      244 words ......fascinating description of de Vaca ’ s eight-year overland return trip to Spanish Mexico; Jacques Cartier, The Voyages of Jacques Cartier , edited and translated by H. P. Biggar (Ottawa: F. A. Acland, 1924) — the famous French...

Article: Chaleur Bay
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      39 words ...Chaleur Bay, New Brunswick‐Quebec/Canada An inlet of the Gulf of St Lawrence discovered in 1534 by Jacques Cartier † who gave it the name Chaleur ‘Heat’ in French because of the high temperature at the time of his visit.

Article: Mingan Islands
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      37 words ..., group of 15 small islands and many islets, E Que., Canada, in the St. Lawrence River, N of Anticosti island. They were visited (1535) by Jacques Cartier, the French explorer. In 1836 the islands were acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company.

Article: Sept‐Îles
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      48 words ......xCE;les, Quebec/Canada Founded in 1650 as a trading post and Jesuit mission, it was named ‘Seven Islands’ by Jacques Cartier † . There are in fact only six islands in the estuary of the St Lawrence River here, the ‘seventh’...