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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vasco da Gama 1469 -1524 (search)
Vasco da Gama 1469-1524
Navigator; born in Sines, Portugal, presumably about 1469; was appointed by Emanuel of Portugal commander of an expedition to find an ocean route to the East Indies.
He sailed from Lisbon in July, 1497, and reached Calicut in the following November, after having sailed around the Cape of Good Hope; returned to Lisbon in 1499; made a second voyage to India in 1502-3; and was appointed viceroy there in the year 1524.
He died in Cochin, India, Dec. 24, 1524.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warrington , Lewis 1782 -1851 (search)
Warrington, Lewis 1782-1851
Naval officer; born in Williamsburg, Va., Nov. 3, 1782; graduated at the College of William and Mary
Lewis Warrington. in 1798, and entered the navy in 1800.
He was an officer of the Chesapeake at the time of her encounter with the Leopard (see Chesapeake, the). For his capture of the Épervier (Peacock, the) Congress gave him the thanks of the nation and a gold medal.
In June, 1815, while cruising in the East India waters, he captured the Nautilus, the last prize of the war. He died in Washington, D. C., Oct. 12, 1851
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whiteside , Peter 1752 -1828 (search)
Whiteside, Peter 1752-1828
Patriot; born in Puten, England, in 1752; settled in Philadelphia, where he became a prosperous merchant; advanced much of his wealth during the Revolutionary War to provide shoes for the American soldiers; and was sent by Washington to France to arrange for better trading facilities with the American colonies.
In conjunction with his brother, William Whiteside, and Robert Morris, he sent to the East Indies the first merchant vessel from the Western Hemisphere to trade there.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., in December, 1828.
Yale, Elihu 1649-1721
Philanthropist; born in New Haven, Conn., April 5, 1649; was educated in England.
About 1678 he went to the East Indies where he remained twenty years and amassed a large estate.
He was governor of Fort George there from 1687 to 1692. Mr. Yale married a native of the East Indies, by whom he had three daughters.
He passed his latter days in England, where he was made governor of the East India Company and a fellow of the Royal Society.
He remembered his native cou of Fort George there from 1687 to 1692. Mr. Yale married a native of the East Indies, by whom he had three daughters.
He passed his latter days in England, where he was made governor of the East India Company and a fellow of the Royal Society.
He remembered his native country with affection, and when the school that grew into a college was founded he gave donations to it amounting in the aggregate to about $2,000. It was given the name of Yale in his honor.
He died in London, July 8, 1721.