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    the 11th captain in franchise history". nhl.com. Tampa Bay Lightning. Retrieved September 18, 2024. Staff, BSM (September 14, 2022). "Tampa Bay Lightning...
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    mangrove swamps. The bay is named after Sir Alexander Milne. Surveyed by Luis Vaez de Torres in July 1606.: 29  Surveyed by Captain Owen Stanley, R.N. F...
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    The Bay of Kotor (Serbo-Croatian: Boka kotorska / Бока которска, Italian: Bocche di Cattaro), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic...
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    exploration of the larger bay that was named for him. This southerly bay was named in honour of Thomas James, a Welsh captain who explored the area more...
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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ˈtʃɛsəpiːk/ CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily...
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  • Captain Bay-Bay (German: Käpt'n Bay-Bay) is a 1953 West German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hans Albers, Bum Krüger and...
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    ships of First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove. In 1789, Captain John Hunter surveyed Botany Bay after returning from the Cape of Good Hope, trading for...
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    Ayllon and Captain Quejo called Delaware Bay by the name "Saint Christopher's Bay". In the 1600s, the bay was known as "Niew Port May" after Captain Cornelius...
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    The Bay of Fundy (French: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U...
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    Penobscot Bay (French: Baie de Penobscot) is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine, a stretch known as Midcoast Maine...
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    William Kidd (c. 1654 – 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding...
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    sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. It was named "Lake Manitoulin" by Royal Navy Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen. In 1822, after...
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    of the Piscataqua River. The first colonial settlement in Casco Bay was that of Captain Christopher Levett, an English explorer and agent of Gorges, who...
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    The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. The world's largest bay, geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent...
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    trade into Hudson Bay. Groseilliers sailed on the Nonsuch, commanded by Captain Zachariah Gillam, while the Eaglet was commanded by Captain William Stannard...
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    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in...
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    Shark Bay (Malgana: Gathaagudu, lit. 'two waters') is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The 23,000-square-kilometre (8...
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    prisoners. Helmuth Vetter, an Auschwitz camp physician, SS captain and employee of the Bayer group within IG Farben conducted medical experiments on inmates...
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  • world, or to welcome an honoured guest. The bay's English name was given on 27 November 1769 by Captain James Cook during his first voyage, when Cook...
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    the east of Waimea Bay. Waimea means "reddish water" in Hawaiian. Captain Charles Clerke aboard HMS Resolution stopped at Waimea Bay on February 28, 1779...
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    Byron Bay (Minjungbal: Cavvanbah) is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of New South Wales, Australia (in Bundjalung Country). It...
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    documented European to arrive was Captain James Cook. He and his crews on the Resolution and Discovery sighted Kealakekua Bay on the morning of January 17...
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    Two people on a fishing boat died from a wave in the bay. Two more persons, a fishing boat captain and his seven-year-old son, were struck by the wave...
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    in Buzzards Bay when patriots retrieved two vessels that were captured by the British sloop of war Falcon. On 14 May 1775, American Captain Daniel Egery...
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    around the lake had about 25,000 inhabitants when Captain Juan de Salcedo arrived in the area. Bay is one of the oldest towns in Laguna province, and...
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    Point. The bay was given its name in 1773 by Captain Tobias Furneaux in Adventure, who saw the fires of Aboriginal people on the beaches. Bay whaling activities...
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    disembarkation of 3,000 European migrants on their land. The name Morton's Bay was given by Captain Cook when he passed the area on 15 May 1770, honouring Lord Morton...
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    Hanalei Bay is the largest bay on the north shore of Kauaʻi island in Hawaii. The town of Hanalei is at the midpoint of the bay. Hanalei Bay consists of...
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    Wairoa. Hawke's Bay is named for the bay to its east, Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke by Captain James Cook during...
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    in the bay and are rare today. The first European to reach the bay was Portuguese navigator António de Campo, one of Vasco da Gama's captains, in 1502...
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