Dr Arthur Guyon Purchas (1821-1906), in gratitude for his help with geological work on the field. The scant remnants of Purchas Hill lie on what is largely...
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landmark. Round Hill School, founded 1823 Purchas 1625, pp. IV:1648–49 reprinted in Archer 1843, p. 76 and Levermore 1912, p. 42. Purchas 1625, p. IV:1649...
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Mataoho"), including Māngere Lagoon, Waitomokia, Crater Hill, Kohuora, Pukaki Lagoon and Robertson Hill. Many of the Māori language names of volcanic features...
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Liverpool. While studying, Purchas heard about possible missionary work in New Zealand from Bishop George Selwyn. In October 1844, Purchas travelled to New Zealand...
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Shangdu (section By Samuel Purchas (1625))
Lineage of Genghis Khan. In 1614, the English clergyman Samuel Purchas published Purchas his Pilgrimes – or Relations of the world and the Religions observed...
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Albert Purchas (1825 – 1909) was a prominent 19th century architect and surveyor in Melbourne, Australia. Albert Purchas was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire...
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for ritualist practices. He was the son of William Jardine Purchas RN and his wife Jane Hills. He received his education at Bury St Edmunds, Rugby School...
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Love and Hate in Jamestown. New York: Vintage, 2003. Purchas, Samuel. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes. 1625. Repr. Glasgow: James MacLehose...
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Roanoke Colony (section 1625: Samuel Purchas)
confession to Purchas, as they are known to have spoken together. Smith's own writings, however, never mention the confession, leaving Purchas' claim to stand...
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Kubla Khan (section Purchas and Marco Polo)
the extended preface narrative, Coleridge was reading Purchas his Pilgrimes by Samuel Purchas, and fell asleep after reading about Kublai Khan. Then...
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