Saturday 5 December 2009
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE (also called Boumois),
This man who died on this day in 1749 had an interesting career in that he started his military life in the Carignan-Salieres regiment and eventually fought on both the American continent and in Europe during the War of Spanish Succession being injured in the battle of Malplaquet in 1709. He returned to Canada and had many more adventures as an explorer and fur trader. His life would make a great series of stories - maybe call it the Boumois novels?
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Hessian in the U.K.
This portrayal is 2 years in the making. Von Donop 1776. By Marshall Beresford. Very good. Check out his Facebook page here .
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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This maker of figures is working on miniatures based around the theme Braddock's disaster. First up Natives and Canadians followed by B...
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