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To: blam
Something curious: The first English settlement in the United States albeit very temporarily was in Marin County, California. Drake landed there in the late 16th Century and claimed "Nova Albion" for England. How strange that the first "New England" was there.
31 posted on 12/11/2001 5:59:52 PM PST by Eternal_Bear
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To: Eternal_Bear
"Something curious: The first English settlement in the United States albeit very temporarily was in Marin County, California. Drake landed there in the late 16th Century and claimed "Nova Albion" for England. How strange that the first "New England" was there."

Interesting. I didn't know that.

33 posted on 12/11/2001 6:03:07 PM PST by blam
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