Category: Group – History Talks
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History Talk – Shackleton, hero or not?
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by Ally O’Brien Shackleton…. Hero or not? Who was he and his family? Who were the crew? What happened to him? The discovery of the Endurance, brilliantly preserved. We have all learned about his famous journey at school but probably do not know all the details. Includes an original film from the Endurance of the…
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History Talk – Famous UK forests
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by Alan Hunton Fascinating history of the famous UK forests, from towering oaks to fairy tale, bluebell woods. We will see how Britain was transformed once the ice sheets had disappeared 16,000 years ago. As the climate warmed the Oak and many other species moved north from Southern Spain and Portugal, but each species moved…
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History Group Talk – Lord Byron
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by Angela Chantry Cost 2€ to cover the cost of room hire. Any queries contact history@u3ajavea.com
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The Samurai of Japan
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Speaker John Hopwood is going to give us a fascinating talk on the Samurai of Japan. We have had Ying and Yang of Living in Japan in Travellers Tales, and will have a talk on Autumn Colours of Japan, so we are definitely going to know a lot about the land of the rising sun!…
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Early Maritime Exploration
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Presented by Alan Oliver. Early exploration by sea was by the Polynesians, the Vikings and the Chinese, but exploration initiated by Portugal, and later by Spain, lead to the establishment of the Portuguese and Spanish Empires of the Sixteenth Century. This talk describes these events, and some of the people involved. It is a fascinating part…
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English Colonisation of North America: Mayflower and a Whole Lot More
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Speaker: Peter Atkinson English interest in North America began with John Cabot, a contemporary of Columbus, who sailed to Newfoundland in 1497 in search of a route to Asia. The first attempts at settlement came a century later and were unsuccessful. The most ambitious failure was in the 1580s under Walter Raleigh at Roanoke Island in…