Mi'kmaw elder, activist, historian and author Daniel Paul has died. He was 84. Paul advocated for renaming landmarks named after Edward Cornwallis. The British governor of Nova Scotia issued a proclamation offering a bounty for Mi'kmaw men, women and children in 1749, the same year he established Halifax. As part of #reconciliation we should rename these landmarks with Mi'kmaq language names. #indigenous #mikmaki #novascotia #cornwallis

My last bit of picture spam for your feed - #Cornwallis beach on Sunday before the rain set in.
#NZ #Waitākere

I haven't been pulling my weight with #fungi posts recently. Here's a few I found during a walk at #Cornwallis in #Waitākere over the weekend.

Clockwise from the top left, an earthstar (Geastrum sp), fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), a young robust bracket (Fomitiporia robusta), bonnets (Mycena sp).

#Sporespondence #NZ

Finally, re: Fouché, a little connection between the #FrenchRevolution & #AmericanRevolution for my @Histodons

The public knows of the surrender of #Cornwallis (1738-1805) at #Yorktown but probably not of his later career in #India & #Ireland. He also served as plenipotentiary to France during the negotiations for the Peace of Amiens (1802).

Fouché here expresses his regret that Cornwallis's health prevents him from accepting a social invitation but hopes that his son & others can attend

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Sitting under a pohutukawa and the bees and tuis are ecstatic. #NZTwit #Auckland #Beach #Cornwallis

25 mars 1802 - La paix d'Amiens

Le 25 mars 1802, #Cornwallis et Joseph Bonaparte, représentant respectivement l'Angleterre et la France, signent à #Amiens un traité de paix qui met un point final à la deuxième coalition européenne contre la France. Le retour de la paix hisse #Napoléon #Bonaparte au sommet de la popularité...

#histoire

https://www.herodote.net/25_mars_1802-evenement-18020325.php

https://framapiaf.org/media/q4YY9_46nSwrspk-V-Y