Frederick Goulburn

Frederick Goulburn (1788 – 10 February 1837) was a British army officer and the first Colonial Secretary of New South Wales (1 January 1821 to 7 January 1826).He was the third son of Munbee Goulbur

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Myles Byrne

Myles (or Miles) Byrne (20 March 1780 – 24 January 1862) was an insurgent leader in Wexford in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and a fighter in the continued guerrilla struggle against British Crown fo

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Sea Venture

Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, part of the Third Supply mission flotilla to the Jamestown Colony in 1609. She was the 300 ton flagship of the London Company. During the

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Ruapuke Island

Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealand's main chain of islands. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the southeast of Bluff and 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Oban

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Francis Horner

Francis Horner FRSE (12 August 1778 – 8 February 1817) was a Scottish Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist.Francis HornerFrancis Horner by Henry Raeburn.Member of Parliament

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Samuel Zemurray

Samuel Zemurray (born Schmuel Zmurri; January 18, 1877 – November 30, 1961), nicknamed "Sam the Banana Man", was an American businessman who made his fortune in the banana trade. He founded the Cuy

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Mount Cargill

Mount Cargill, known in Māori as Kapukataumahaka , is a volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, New Zealand.Mount CargillMount Cargill (centre) and Buttar's Peak (to the r

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Leonard Horner

Leonard Horner FRSE FRS FGS (17 January 1785 – 5 March 1864) was a Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer. He was the younger brother of Francis Horner.Leonard Horner c. 1830Horner w

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Dunedin Volcano

The Dunedin Volcano is an extensively eroded multi-vent shield volcano that was active between 16 and 10 million years ago. It originally extended from the modern city of Dunedin, New Zealand, to A

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Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport (b. 1561 – d. 1617 ) was an English seaman and privateer. During the war with Spain Newport was one of the most successful 'Elizabethan Sea Dogs' to venture to the Spanish Main,

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