Explorer captain william hilton biography
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William Hovell
Australian explorer
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| Born | William Hilton Hovell (1786-04-26)26 Apr 1786 Yarmouth, Metropolis, England |
| Died | 9 Nov 1875(1875-11-09) (aged 89)[1] Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Known for | Explorer |
William Hilton Hovell (26 Apr 1786 – 9 Nov 1875) was an Side explorer noise Australia. Sign up Hamilton Philosopher, he ended an 1824 overland exploration from Sydney to Trick Phillip (near the precondition of present-day Melbourne), presentday later explored the limit around Midwestern Port.
Early life
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William Hilton Jr. provided the first detailed English descriptions of the Carolina coast.
Hilton was born in Northwich, Cheshire, England in 1617. In 1621 his father, William Hilton, emigrated to New Plymouth colony; young William and his mother followed two years later. The family settled in Piscataqua. As an adult, Hilton lived in Newbury and Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay colony. He married Sarah Greenleaf of Newbury. After her death he married Mehetabel Nowell of Charlestown, the daughter of Increase Nowell, a former Secretary of Massachusetts Bay colony.
On August 14, 1662, Hilton set sail from Charlestown, Massachusetts on his first voyage to explore the Carolinas, commanding the Adventurer. He returned in November with enough information for Nicholas Shapley, a Charlestown navigator, to draw a detailed map of the Cape Fear area.
Engaged by a group of businessmen from New England, London, and Barbados, Hilton embarked on a second exploration of the southeastern coast. On August 10, 1663, again commanding the Adventurer, he set out from Speights Bay with Captain Anthony Long and Peter Fabian. Upon their arrival in the vicinity of St. Helena Sound and the Combahee River they discovered the English castaways being held captive by the local American Indians. D
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After sixteen days of fair weather, and prosperous winds, Wednesday the 26 instant, four of the clock in the Afternoon, and God be thanked, we espied Land on the Coast of Florida, the lat. of 32 deg. 30 min. being four Leagues or thereabouts to the Northwards of Saint Ellens, having run five hundred and fifty leagues.
(page of original. Heading of original, p.1 the name by which the Spaniards then designated Port Royal. Port Royal was the name given by Jean Ribaut, the French explorer, when he reached it on his voyage of exploration in 1562.)
...Five hundred and fifty Leagues; and to the Westward. of the Meridian of Barbados, three hundred thirty and one Leagues. The Evening and the Night following we lay off and on: Thursday the 27th instant, in the morning, we stood in with the Land,, and coasted the Shoar to the Southward, Ankering at Nights and sending our Boat out a mornings, till we came into the lat. of 31 deg. but found no good harbor that way. On Sunday the 30th instant, we tacked, and stood Northward : and on Wednesday the second of September, we came to Anchor in five fathoms at the mouth of a very large opening of three Leagues wide, or thereabouts, in the lat. of 32 d 30 min. and sent our Boat to sound the Channel. On Thursday the third, we entered the Harbor