In 1629 the VOC (Dutch East Indies Co.), ship, Batavia, was wrecked on the Abrolhos Islands off the coast of Western Australia. What followed became one of the most horrific events in maritime history and has been well documented. Subsequent to those events two members of the Batavia,s crew, Wouter Loss and Jan Pelgrom De Bye, were marooned on the mainland by the Commander, Francisco Pelsaert. They were never seen or heard from again, although m ...
In 19th century Ireland – just one generation after the Great Famine had left a million dead and scattered the Irish across the globe – a new crop failure threatened the land and its people. This time round, a radical idea began to take hold: that famine was neither divine nor natural in origin but a political event, based on unequal power relations. From this, the globally based Irish Land League was born, led by the visionary Michael Davitt. F ...
Back in the 19th century, there was an ugly mood among Caucasian leaders to kill any thing red. It was then that Grant said to Custer, «show no mercy, take the troops assigned to your command and pursue the Indian, its squaws and children to the end of life…wipe them from the face of the earth.» Somewhere a voice whispered a special message to Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and other leaders heard it as well and they gathered thousands, creating a st ...
The following is a story, historically documented in a journal recording of my great-great-great-great grandmother Bartheny Lanham, born in County Cork, Ireland and came to America to marry a man named Finney Simpson, a self-taught veterinarian, settling in Western New York. Believe it or not, each time I have read the journal of the dear little Irish grannie, I dream of her as though she and I are seated at the kitchen table having a sip of Iri ...
Timeline Analog 4 (1989-1991) traces the amazing story of editing's evolution. Learn how Ubillos, Warner and the QuickTime, ImMIX and Avid teams built wondrous new tools for editing. The Timeline books are often updated at no extra cost. ...
Timeline Analog 3 (1981-1989) traces the amazing story of editing's evolution. Read how filmmakers like Spielberg and Hitchcock used editing to craft masterpieces while inventors like Beeson, Rady and Warner built wondrous editing machines for editors. Free updates included. ...
“The weaker-sex snap up every opportunity of quitting the sacred-side of the home. Independence is their cry – irresponsible independence. The ambition is no doubt laudable, but is it desirable?”– The Sydney Stock and Station Journal, 1915. <BR><BR>“ Police have at all times been able to collect evidence of any nature required in any cases. If women collected evidence, male police would have to go over it afterwards to have it be of ...
Седьмая часть романа-хроники «Большой заговор. Приговоренные императоры. Убить императрицу Екатерину II» описывает исторические события с момента царствования Екатерины II, создания первого масонского государства в Северной Америке и великой масонской революции во Франции до наших дней. В центре повествования – судьбы правителей России и тех государственных деятелей Европы, которые оказались на пути масонов к мировому господству. Все правители Р ...
