Who first named SAMSON's Island in Notre Dame Bay? ""The conclusion of the letter reads: ...the third day of August we entered into a good harbour called St. John and there we found Eleuen Saile of Normans and one Brittaine and two Portugal barks all a fishing and so we are ready to depart towards Cap de Bras that is 25 leagues as shortly as we have fished and so along the Coast until we may meete with our fellowe and so with all diligence that lyes in me toward parts to that Ilands that we are command at our departing and thus Jesu save and keepe you Honourable Grace and all your Honourable Reuer. In the Haven of St. John the third day of August written in hast 1527, by your servant John Rut to his uttermost of his power.[2] After leaving Newfoundland for warmer climes, the Mary Guilford sailed along the east coast to Florida; it is believed that this was the first English ship to have done so. Rut returned to England the following year and no other record of him remains"" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& John Rut (fl.1512 - 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage; on 10 June 1527 he set sail from Plymouth with two ships, the "Samson" and the "Mary Guilford". The voyage was set up by Cardinal Wolsey at the wishes of Robert Thorne, a Bristol merchant. Robert THORNE map http://books.google.ca/books?id=KvtEUChw9uAC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=robert+thorne+map+1527&source=bl&ots=4QXBb9zMQB&sig=3L-_p1ccUSBGOsJKWWs0JjPD2yE&hl=en&ei=GJNNSoHxG4nmM4OrqO0D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& "Finding a secure trade route would be a pious blow both to Christendom's ancient enemy, the Islamic states that controlled the overland routes from the Far East, and to England's newer foe, the Catholic Iberian nations that controlled the southern sea routes." http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/18/hudson’s-folly/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_03.htm The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Nb4NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=%22FROBISHER%22+HUDSON+Newfoundland&source=bl&ots=KnlWmeKsmL&sig=9Zvrz_Wddfwk6RSQ9EcYFoQmit0&hl=en&ei=WJFNStbLMtKktweLm9yiBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 The FROBISHER Map http://www.holloworbs.com/Frobisher.htm