by CCash | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
IMAGE: Squanto or Tisquantum teaching the Plymouth colonists to plant corn with fish. Bricker, Garland Armor. The Teaching of Agriculture in the High School. New York: Macmillan, 1911. Page 112. Source One of the heroes of American history is Squanto. also called...
by CCash | Oct 5, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
IMAGE:Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban dancing on the island shore from The Tempest Source. This month we are exploring Native American tribes mostly in North America, but we are going to start with one particular island native who is strongly associated with what...
by CCash | Sep 28, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
IMAGE: Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, demand Richard II to let them prove by arms the...
by CCash | Sep 21, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
Indian tabar battle axe, late 18th century or earlier, crescent shape 5 inch long head with a square hammer opposite of the blade, 22 inch long steel haft, the end of the haft unscrews to reveal a 5-inch slim blade. Heavily patinated head and handle with traces of...
by CCash | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
European Hand Cannon. Punches in the siege of a fortified city. Woodcut from Lucas Brandis Rudimentum noviciorum sive Chronicarum et historiarum epitome c. 1475 Source When we think about Shakespeare and his plays, we rarely think of Good Old England as having weapons...
by CCash | Aug 31, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
Facsimile of a drawing of a water clock from a treatise by Ridhwan al-Saati, from 1203 C.E. Source Mechanical clocks arrived in Europe during the 14th century, and included what’s called a verge escapement and foliot system to make the clocks tick. Which means...
