NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

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Thomas Lowe sails the South Pacific

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 6, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe sails the South Pacific

At last, as you can see from the last post of this series, Thomas Lowe has sailed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, rounding Cape Horn during its summer…

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Thomas Lowe Rounds the Horn

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 6, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe Rounds the Horn

Thomas Lowe has set sail on the ship, Vancouver, which (in my last blogpost) has just sailed past Falkland Islands on its way southward, sailing through the waters of the…

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Thomas Lowe sails the Southern Atlantic

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 13, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe sails the Southern Atlantic

Thomas Lowe has survived the traditional shaving that results from crossing the equator on a sailing vessel in 1841, and now has the rounding of Cape Horn, at the southern…

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Thomas Lowe Crosses the Equator

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 7, 2020 "Journeys", London Ship
Thomas Lowe Crosses the Equator

In 1841, Thomas Lowe sailed on the HBC ship Vancouver, on his way to the HBC’s Pacific coast headquarters, Fort Vancouver. He did not reach that post — but that…

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Thomas Lowe at Sea

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 10, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe at Sea

Thomas Lowe joined the fur trade of the Hudson’s Bay Company from Scotland in 1841, and set off on his journey to Fort Vancouver, near the mouth of the Columbia…

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