Articles related to "Batavia"

The Holiday Inn hotel in Batavia, New York is a clean, friendly, and affordable place to stay when spending one or more nights in this part of Western New York.

Mutiny, death, shipwreck, terror... The dark history of Jeronimus Corneliusz and the Dutch crew of the Batavia in the Fremantle Maritime Museum, Western Australia.

Sails for Tahiti, Secret Orders, defeats scurvy

In Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Batavia, sails for home

There are so many lettuce varieties to choose from. Mix it up and let your salad's true colors - and textures and flavors - shine through.

Daniel Halladay's invention of the first commercially successful self-regulating windmill was an important factor in the settlement of western lands.

The myth of "first contact". Europeans were the last in Australia. International relations were established with Asia long before, between scholars, traders and farmers.

Looking for quokkas on Rottnest Island, swimming in the Indian Ocean at Cottesloe or having a coffee on the cappuccino strip... urban Western Australia has plenty of thin

U.S.S Houston gained fame as a "presidential" ship. But the cruiser met an heroic end aganst the Japanese in the Battle of the Sunda Straits.

With old world charm from its Dutch colonial days or modern developments, Jakarta is an acquired taste.

Some basic science goes a long way in science fiction movies, but science has to run amok to provide a decent doomsday scenario.

The Civil War (1861-65) is the most tumultuous period in U.S. history. The nation was divided into two sides, and each side had its own president and First Lady.

John Casper Leyden was a student of Edinburgh University, minister, doctor and brilliant Oriental linguist.

Bandung is a popular weekend retreat for busy Jakartans.

The Dutch East India Company was a joint stock company who monopolized the spice trade of the 17th century. They established trading ports all over Asia.

Organic gardeners must place lettuce plants on their required list for a spring vegetable garden. Lettuces are easy to grow from seed and do well in container gardens.

The first sparks of nationalism at the turn of the 20th century would develop into the force that finally gave Indonesia recognition of independence in 1949.

Scientists with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory say their machine has a 50% chance of discovering the particle which is believed to give mass to the universe.

The Flying Dutchman, ghost ship of legend, was seen in the Cape of Good Hope by reliable witnesses. Why does it sail? Is it a haunting? Illusion? Hallucination? Mirage?

The Beecher family, of Litchfield, Connecticut, worked in many ways to abolish slavery in 19th century America. Read more about these fascinating people...