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	The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (C)
		Christopher I was king of Denmark in 1252.
		Christopher II was king of Denmark in 1320.
		Christopher III was king of Denmark and Sweden in 1440.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/C3.HTM (9267 words)

	GENUKI: The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I, Winster Hall and Middleton Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		We cannot trace that any one son of the Middleton house was ever knighted or held a baronetcy, or was Lord Mayor, or a Member of Parliament; while the lads of the Hartington family have had the escutcheon of Ulster upon their shield; have sat in St.
		He lies buried, almost by the road side, not far from the remains of Middleton Castle, within a fissure of those rocks of whose history he was such a wondrous expounder.
		Christopher Fulwood[6] was living with his wife and two daughters at his castle by the rivulet which gave its name to the dale when
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Tilley/VolumeI/WinsterHallMiddletonCastle.html (3865 words)

	Voyages of Delusion
		Unlike his immediate precursors, Middleton sailed under the auspices of the Royal Navy, which had been persuaded to authorize the venture at the behest of Arthur Dobbs, an Irish MP with a relentless passion for the Passage who was the eighteenth century equivalent of Barrow.
		Middleton, a capable navigator and former HBC pilot, was sensible of the animosity of his former employers; he anticipated in advance that he might have to winter over, and had the foresight to bring along copies of official letters commanding "the best assistance in your Power" from Company representatives.
		Despite this, Middleton's experience made him a cautious man, and his charts of the area proved to be remarkably accurate, particularly his finding that the Wager River was a dead end, and that the tides in the area could be explained by water from the Bay coming in via a "Frozen Strait" to the east.
	www.ric.edu /rpotter/delusion_rev.html (2184 words)

	Jeaffreson Family History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		John Jeaffreson became a large landed proprietor in St. Christopher's Island, imported slaves and built a mansion that was long regarded as one of the grandest houses in the island.
		Christopher of Dullingham was six feet, six inches high and the shortest of the six men stood six feet, two inches in his slippers.
		Christopher William Jeaffreson was a tall man with a handsome face and slightly aquiline profile, and his elegant figure offered no striking indications of the Herculean strength which was one of his physical endowments.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /adam.thomson/familyhistory/jeaffresonbook (15032 words)

	POLAR REGIONS - LoveToKnow Article on POLAR REGIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		They were the first navigators in history who willingly left the coasts and sailed across the open ocean, and they crossed the Atlantic between Norway and America, thereby being the real discoverers of this ocean, as well as the pioneers in oceanic navigation.
		They were the teachers of the navigators of later centuries, and it is hardly an accident that the undertakings of England towards the west started from Bristol, where many Norwegians had settled, and which from the beginning of the I 5th century had much trade with Iceland.
		Captain Joseph Wiggins of Sunderland was a pioneer of this route, and his voyages in 1874, 1875 and 1876 led the way for a trade between the ports of Europe and the mouth of the Yenisei River.
	www.1911encyclopedia.com /P/PO/POLAR_REGIONS.htm (21968 words)

	Douglas, Wyoming Photos
		Doc Middleton, described by the Cheyenne Daily Sun as a"golden-toothed lover of other folks' cattle and horseflesh," was reputed to have stolen 2,000 horses from ranchers and the Sioux in one two-year period.
		Middleton, actually his middle name, supposedly recieved his nickname "Doc" as a result of his skill in "doctoring" brands.
		The entrance was flanked by images of Christopher Columbus as the navigator of the oceans and Col. Cody as the navigator of the plains.
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /douglasdoc.html (1620 words)

	Mail&Guardian: Seeds of self-destruction
		The painter Christopher Wood, the airman Richard Hillary, the journalist Jeremy Wolfenden - each rebelled against comfortable English middle-class backgrounds, each fell victim to the peculiar pressures of his era, each generated a romantic myth.
		In Paris, where he arrived in 1921 at the age of 19, fired with ambition to be the world's greatest painter, it gave him an entry into the more louche sections of the beau monde and the patronage of a rich Chilean diplomat.
		The critic and pacifist John Middleton Murry, in a debunking article, saw Hillary as trapped in a phoney literary role from which the only escape was death; even Hillary's friend Arthur Koestler saw him as conniving, to some extent, in the public expectation of a heroic end.
	www.chico.mweb.co.za /mg/books/april97/14apr-englishman.html (806 words)

	Charleston.net\|Classifieds
		Christopher R. Singleton and his wife, Sharonda, and Mr.
		MIDDLETON, Frances The relatives and friends of Frances Hanahan Middleton, widow of William Middleton, are invited to attend her funeral services Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at eleven-thirty o clock, in St. James Episcopal Church, James Island.
		Appel was born October 24, 1938 in Ridgeville, South Carolina, daughter of Middleton M. Moorer and Alma Clayton Moorer.
	photo.citadel.edu /pao/newsclips/archive20022003/627.html (3462 words)

	Arctic Contents
		Early in his career Middleton established his reputation as a meticulous and innovative navigator: in the spring of 1726 he published a paper in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions on the variation of the magnetic needle in Hudson Bay.
		Such a highly qualified judge as Captain W.E. Parry, for whom Middleton's discoveries were the starting point of his own second expedition, was extremely impressed by the carefulness and accuracy of Middleton's observations and surveying.
		It is extremely ironic that, while the names of Lieutenant John Rankin and Arthur Dobbs are commemorated in the place names of Rankin Inlet and Cape Dobbs, Christopher Middleton's name appears nowhere on the map of the Hudson Bay area.
	www.aina.ucalgary.ca /scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/proarc/se%2Barctic,%2Bv.%2B36,%2Bno.%2B%2B1,%2BMar.%2B1983,*?COMMANDSEARCH (4717 words)

	Sir John Ross, Introduction to Narrative of a Second Voyage
		We navigated, or examined by travelling on shores the {xvi} only part of these lands where the possible passage in question might have existed: and by means of our journeys the examination was made complete.
		Still more may this be a justifiable, as a desired object, when it is to their spirit of enterprise and ability that the world owes nearly all that is yet known respecting this long obscure and difficult piece of geography.
		No one, of those at least who are acquainted with the theory of navigation, or with the sciences on which it depends, can be ignorant of the difficulty which the ancient navigators found in determining their longitudes.
	www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Voyages/ross1.html (5458 words)

	Northwest Passage: Voyages of delusion, a historical account
		Among these were the voyages of Christopher Middleton and of William Moor and Frances Smith.
		His glimpse from the Coppermine of a possible ice-free sea would revive hopes for a passage, and four years after his return a new attempt would be made by way of the Pacific.
		In July 1776, James Cook, the greatest navigator of the age, began his third circumnavigation with the intention of searching for the Northwest Passage.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/features/northwpass/delusions.html (604 words)

	MavicaNET - Explorers: Arctic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was 34 years old on his first trip and a few days short of 80 when he completed his final journey.
		Middleton had been sent out in search of a Northwest Passage in order to ease the minds of merchants who accused the Hudson's Bay Company of trying to avoid the discovery of a passage which might lead to the loss of their exclusive rights in the North.
		He had no prior nautical or navigational experience, but seems to have been chosen for his leadership qualities.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/ukr/35284.html (1014 words)

	Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans Affairs Page
		In 1967, while piloting an F-105 during the Vietnam War, he was shot down on his 44th combat mission and spent nearly six years as a Prisoner Of War in North Vietnam.
		Kathleen S. Marschman of Middleton was appointed in July, 2001 to serve on the Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs until May 1, 2005.
		She and her husband Christopher live in Middleton with their two daughters.
	dva.state.wi.us /About_board.asp (1908 words)

	Patentee Index
		Hall, Christopher J.; Turner, Clay S.; and Ray, Jimmy C. Method and apparatus for geolocating a wireless communications device 06891500 Cl. 342-465.
		Ailey, James H.; Middleton, Glenn H.; Pearce, John G.; Moure, Sharon L.; McNeil, Wallace; and Hansen, Hans 06889452 Cl. 36-44.
		Chapman, Christopher; Sandbach, David L.; and Hardie-Bick, Anthony 06891527 Cl. 345-158.
	www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week19/OG/patentee/alphaH.htm (9142 words)

	TomTom, portable GPS car navigation systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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	North: Landscape of the Imagination / Le Nord: paysage imaginaire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Christopher Middleton, with two ships, searches for the Northwest Passage in Hudson Bay.
		Pullen in CCGS Labrador navigates the Passage from east to west.
		Steward, in the Manhattan, the largest ship to navigate the Northwest Passage, leads a special experiment to see if the transport of bulk oil from Alaska would be feasible through the Passage.
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /2/16/h16-5101-e.html (2425 words)

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		I feel researchers were trying to link this particular line to John the navigator whose birthyear is pinpointed as 1575; the navigator clearly wasn't fathering children in 1580s.
		Page 32 Middleton gives 1616 as the date the headright system -- 50 acres to each person for each person he "transported" to VA -- was established as well as the division of the colony into four boroughs -- Charles City, Jamestown, Henrico and Kiccowtan (became Elizabeth City.) I guess "counties" came later.
		It helps to remember that New Kent was created in 1654 from the "north-westerly" most portion [my wording] of York County and part of James City Co. page 571: John WATSON 150 acres at New Poquoson adj.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~lksstarr/reports/altlnpii.txt (3179 words)

	Explorers: Arctic - MavicaNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Après les découvertes de Christophe Colomb et les clauses entre portugais et espagnols qui délimitent les zones de monopole de chacun, Corte Real cherche des terres au Nord-Ouest qui pourraient appartenir au Portugal.
		As one of the earliest Flemish navigators in the Arctic Ocean, he first sailed beyond Lapland in 1564 or 1565 in search of a northeast route to China, possibly in association with the company of Philips Winterkoning, who was already by that time established on the northern coasts.
		After placing a trading post at the mouth of the Dvina River, Brunel was taken prisoner at Kholmogory by the Russian government, having been denounced by agents of the English Muscovy company as a spy.
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/fra/35284.html (1158 words)

	Map of The Leeward Islands. / Arrowsmith, John / 1844
		The parishes in St. Christopher and Nevis are numbered and are accompanied by a key.
		Is most respectfully dedicated to his venerable Friend John Middleton Esqr.
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	www.davidrumsey.com /maps785.html (507 words)

	ASTIS - Profile Search
		As a seaman and navigator he was without equal.
		Owing to ice conditions, Zarya spent her first winter on the west coast of Poluostrov Taymyr, where the expedition members made substantial contributions to knowledge of the geography, meteorology, geology, biology and magnetology of the area.
		A search for "Zemlya Sannikova" during the 1901 navigation season proved inconclusive and Zarya spent the second winter of the expedition at Bukhta Nerpalakh on Ostrov Kotel'nyy.
	www.aina.ucalgary.ca /scripts/minisa.dll/144/proe/proeyd/au%20barr,%20w.%20and%20rt%20any%20p%20and%20not%20ro%20translator%20and%20not%20sisn%2045780?COMMANDSEARCH (10725 words)

	Famous Historical Pirates
		In 1663, Blauvelt lived among the Indians at Cape Gracias `a Dios, on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, cutting Logwood from a three-gun Bark.
		He joined Sir Christopher Myngs' 1663 raid on Campeche Bay in Mexico.
		England (real name: Seeger) was an officer on a Jamaican sloop and was captured by Christopher Winter.
	www.kipar.org /piratical-resources/pirate-fame.html (5320 words)

	Tides.INFO: Tide predictions from around the globe: Middleton Island (north end), Alaska
		Tide predictions for Middleton Island (north end), Alaska (*)
		Middleton Island (north end), Alaska is now your default tide location and will automatically come up each time you visit this page.
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	www.tides.info /?command=view&location=Middleton+Island+%28north+end%29,+Alaska (461 words)

	CPL Kids Pages: Reading: Book Lists:
		The Age of Exploration: Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes
		Christopher Columbus and the First Voyages to the New World
		Prince Henry, the Navigator: Pioneer of Modern Exploration
	www.cantonpl.org /kids/bklist/explorer.html (360 words)

	Obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During World War II, he served as navigator on 34 bombing missions over Germany from 1943 to 1945.
		He was commissioned in the infantry before transferring to the Air Corps.
		In the final stages of his training as navigator and bombardier in the B-29s, he was stationed in Nebraska where he met his wife of 52 years.
	www.crossville-chronicle.com /archive/novob4.htm (6339 words)

	final
		He touches on eugenics, and he contemplates the form that a perfect city (government) would take.
		He discusses his parable of the cave, the parable of the navigator and the ship of state, and in Book VIII he compares the four forms of governments: Timarchy (armed dominance), Oligarchy (wealth dominance), Democracy (no dominance), and Dictatorship (absolute dominance).
		His definitions of government is what this report is mainly concerned with.
	www.tvcrs.org /isoc/pages/philos/final.htm (1228 words)

	They Explored in Canada
		To find out about this Greek navigator who sailed under a Spanish name, scroll about 1/3 of the way down the page to which this link takes you.
		Born around 1603 in Picardy, Jean de Quen was about 17 years old when he joined the Jesuits.
		Navigators at the time of John Cabot had only a few tools to work with: the magnetic compass, the log, the lead line, the quadrant or astrolabe, and dead reckoning.
	www.hpedsb.on.ca /sg/quinte/exploring_canada.htm (2953 words)

	Illinois Family History Research: Timeline for Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Christopher Columbus (re)discovered a New World and things happened...
		for a short cut in navigating this page you could use your Ctr/f buttons to search out key words such as a particular source you may like to follow, a place name, or a surname.
		1651 Britain’s Navigation Act required that all imports from the colonies be received on British ships.
	hometown.aol.com /livingstoncounty/myhomepage/tv.html (17307 words)

	Indian Mutiny -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		In 1498 Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator, discovered the ocean route around the Cape of Good Hope, and by the early 17th century the Dutch, British, and French began to challenge the Portuguese for the Indian trade.
		British soldier Frederick Middleton was a commander of Canadian militia from 1884 to 1890.
		He was instrumental in putting down the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?eu=393207 (929 words)

	Books 1999-00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On a visit with Grandma to the old family summer house at the shore, Ben finds both the beach and the house filled with history and treasures waiting to be discovered.
		In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.
		Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.
	middleton.skokie735.k12.il.us /Media_Center/bks990.htm (15327 words)

	Explorers of the New World
		When still a young man, Jean Fonteneau, a French navigator born in 1484 in Saintonge in the west of France...
		Middleton had been sent out in search of a Northwest Passage in order to ease the minds of merchants...
		In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company was chartered, mostly through the work of the French traders Groseilliers and Radisson.
	cybersleuth-kids.com /sleuth/History/Explorers/Other_Explorers/index.htm (275 words)

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