Thanks, Freeman....Char ----- Original Message ----- From: Freeman Coats Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 8:11 AM To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: Coats Island, Hudson's Bay The Coats name was given geographical importance by Captain William H. Coats. Captain Coats had been the master of a whaling vessel for some years but then joined the service of the King. He made several voyages of exploration into Hudson's Bay between 1727 and 1751. In honor of his exploration, his name was given to COATS ISLAND in Hudson's Bay. The only record of Captain Coats' voyages is an account of his last voyage when he commanded the ship, "King George" in 1751. In the account, Capt. Coats comments that on two occasions his ship was sunk. Once "in 1727 near the meridian of Cape Farwell when running through the ice with a small sail when two pieces of ice shutt (sic) upon us, by the tides (for it was dead calm) and crushed our sides in, and sunk her in twenty minutes". The manuscript was published by the Hakluyt Society of England and received by our Hoyt Library in Saginaw, MI in 1889. Capt. Coats addresses some remarks that this account has "been drawn up for the use of his sons". The Hakluyt Society was unable to trace the identity of his sons nor their descendants. The only information that I have of Coats Land in Antartica is that it was named for the sponsor of the expedition of exploration and no Coats was present on the trip. - Freeman Coats __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/___________________________________________________________ Get a sneak preview of the new MSN: http://preview.msn.com/