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Images and artifacts relating to this pinner's maternal ancestors, the ancient sea-faring and merchant family of Fursland. Lords of the manor at Bickington in Devon, situated close to Dartmoor on the river Lemon.
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Map of Europe from around the year 1500 - taken from Creative Commons copy of New International Encyclopaedia, originally published over 100 years ago.
GS2: American Studies
Columbus and other European explorers of the late medieval period were simply looking for a faster and cheaper route to the spice markets of the East. Sailing west across the Atlantic, Columbus managed to find his way to Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It was only after defeating the Spanish Armada that English vessels could risk the perilous but lucrative sea journey past Spain and round Africa - routes developed by the Portugese
Excavations have uncovered clove burnt onto the floor of a kitchen (1700 BC) at the Mesopotamian site of Terqa. The ancient Indian epic Ramayana mentions cloves. The Romans had cloves in the 1st century CE. Joseph was sold (Genesis refers) into slavery by his brothers to spice merchants. Indonesian and Arab merchants plied early routes between Middle East and India. Port cities Alexandria and Venice were rich because of spice - the most expensive commodity in the medieval ages
Fried sardines with garlic, chilli and fresh herbs | The Coffee Break
Fried sardines with garlic, chilli and fresh herbs - an example of a food type imported to England by the Fursland family during the renaissance period.
At midnight on the 28th July 1588, five hell-burners were ordered to be sent amongst the galleons of the Spanish Armada at Calais. Hell-burners were fire-ships, ships that were packed with wood and pitch and set alight. The high winds at Calais caused an inferno which resulted in complete chaos and the Armada’s crescent formation was wrecked as galleons scattered in panic.
The failure of the Armada was mainly due to its own interior weakness, the repulse of the great Spanish armament was an event of the first historical importance. It marked the final failure of King Philip II of Spain to establish the supremacy of the Habsburg dynasty and of the Church of Rome, which he considered as being in a peculiar sense his charge, in Europe.
John Woodall (1570-1643) was an English military surgeon, Paracelsian chemist, businessman, linguist and diplomat. He made his fortune by stocking the medical chests of the East India Company and later the armed forces of England. His most revered work is "The Surgeon's Mate", which was the standard text to advise ships surgeons on medical treatments while at sea and contains an advanced view on the treatment of scurvy. Frontispiece by George Glover (floruit 1650), 1639.
East India Company Ships at Deptford | Art UK
East India Company Ships at Deptford c1660 - BBC Your paintings
Top 10 Greatest Monarchs - Listverse
James I of England Reign: March 24, 1603–March 27, 1625 James I, also known as “the wisest fool in Christendom”, was the fist king of both England and Scotland. Under his rule, the two kingdoms were united. Literature and the fine arts flourished under his reign, he himself writing many books and poems. During his rule, international trade through the British East India Company increased dramatically.
Coat of arms for the Merchant Tailor's Guild. Before joining the East India Company, Richard Fursland had served his apprenticeship with this London company. His master was George Sotherton, second son of a distinguished family, who went on to become master of the company and then Lord Mayor of London, suggesting Richard himself carried a very good pedigree to attract such useful patronage.