History Trivia Thread Reducks

[Malthus]

Suriname. Terrible mistake

This is correct (though releasing historical claims on Run was also part of the deal).

[Maladict]

Continuing the thread.... Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name. Who did he name it after?

[Admiral Yi]

Dead son I think.

[Grey Fox]

I thought he named it North River.

[Maladict]

Hm, apparently it went by two names at the time, North River being the other.
As an additional clue, an island outside the Americas is also named after this person.

[Eddie Teach]

Tristan da Cunha?

[Admiral Yi]

Hudson von Falkland.

[Admiral Yi]

Oh shit, that's in the Americas.

[Maximus]

Tasman

[Maladict]

No, none of those.

[Grey Fox]

is it grootte Mouritse reviere for Prince Maurits?

I looked it up because we arent going to spend the day just spewing name but I'm not 100% sure.

[Maladict]

grootte Mouritse reviere for Prince Maurits.

I looked it up because we arent going to spend the day just spewing name.

Isn't that the point of this game? 

Anyway, yes it's Maurits, the island of course being Mauritius.

[Grey Fox]

grootte Mouritse reviere for Prince Maurits.

I looked it up because we arent going to spend the day just spewing name.

Isn't that the point of this game? 

Anyway, yes it's Maurits, the island of course being Mauritius.

Yes but 24h is too much time. You had a good 2 hours of glory.

Feel free to ask a new question.

This is where I found the answer : http://books.google.ca/books?id=vgnh3E5Mm0cC&lpg=PA4&ots

I might buy that book.

[Maladict]

Nah, go ahead.

[Grey Fox]

Who was King of France when Jacques Cartier died?