Some historical questions

[sigvald@duckburg.dk]

H.W.Fluks at kpn.com wrote:

> I think that's not unusual. The Dutch, for instance, had
> many "foreigners" in their army and fleet. One of them was
> an Englishman called Hudson, after whom the Hudson Bay and
> River were named.

Another one was Nils Olesen from Stavanger (where I live). You would know him as admiral Cornelius Cruys...

BUT, that was in the Netherlands. Was the situation the same on the other side of the channel?

Sigvald :-)