TIL About Horatio Nelson Jackson who was the first person to drive across the continental United States and he did it for a $50 bar bet. It took him just over 2 months, having to replace most of the parts on his car. When he got it to Vermont from SF the Drive chain snapped pulling into the garage
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TIL that in 1903 Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall K. Crocker, and Bud the Pit Bull became the first people to drive across the US in a 20 HP Winton touring car. The trip took 64 days, it started in SF and ended in NY. By the end of the trip there were only a few original parts left on the vehicle.
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The route of Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first man to drive a car across America
TIL Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive a car across the United States in 1903. Along the way, they obtained a dog to join them. Outfitted with goggles to keep the dust out of his eyes, Bud Jackson became the first dog to travel across the US in a car.
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'Horatio's Drive: Americas First Roadtrip', (2003) PBS/Ken Burns Documentary about Horatio Nelson Jackson, who bets his friends in 1903 that he can be the first person to drive across the country in America's newest invention, the Automobile. [1:47]
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TDIH: July 26th, 1903 - 1st automobile trip across the United States (San Francisco to New York) is completed by Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker
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The route of Horatio Nelson Jackson, the first man to drive a car across America
Horatio Nelson Jackson, his mechanic Sewall Crocker and a bulldog were the first to travel across the US in a car. It took them 64 days. 1903 [500x391]
TIL Horatio Nelson Jackson was the first man to travel across the United States by Motorized Vehicle. From San Francisco to New York.
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Circa 1860 Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory at dock in London. [306x404]
On this day in 1805, the Royal Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. The triumph is decisive yet costly; Britain's best admiral, Horatio Nelson, is fatally wounded on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory.
TIL that Horatio Nelson Jackson left San Francisco on this day in 1903 driving a Winton on the first transcontinental automobile trip - arriving in NYC 63 days later.
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The coat worn by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. The small white hole below the epaulette is from the snipers bullet which killed him
TIL Admiral Horatio Nelson stood at 5"4.
Never let anyone tell you that as a short man, you'll never overcome the French.
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The coat worn by Admiral Horatio Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. The small white hole below the epaulette is from the snipers bullet which killed him
Horatio Nelson is undeniably one of the gigachads of human history, up there with Admiral Yi.
Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory breaks the French and Spanish Combined Fleet’s line during the opening stage of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 [1200x913]
I will not let anyone say the name Horatio Nelson without the title "Viscount"!
Admiral Horatio Nelson < Admiral Yi Sun-Shin: Change My Mind
A flag I have designed for Horatio Nelson
Today is the 216th anniversary of Horatio Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar.
On this day in 1805, the Royal Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. The triumph is decisive yet costly; Britain's best admiral, Horatio Nelson, is fatally wounded on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory.
La chaqueta que usó el almirante Horatio Nelson en la batalla de Trafalgar el 21 de octubre de 1805. El pequeño agujero blanco debajo de la charretera es de la bala que lo mató.
On this day in 1805, the Royal Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. The triumph is decisive yet costly; Britain's best admiral, Horatio Nelson, is fatally wounded on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory.
What does it mean - "Horatio Nelson was a Yorkshireman"
I was reading about British sea captains and they said Horatio Nelson was a Yorkshireman. What are like the qualities of a Yorkshireman?
Some more interesting facts on HMS Victory, the flagship of Nelson's namesake Viscount Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar, relating not only to Nelson but also to Hood and Belfast
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Aside from being Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, she was also the flagship of Hood's namesake Lord Samuel Hood during two stints in 1790-91 and 1793-94.
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It is the very first ship that Great Britain saved and preserved for historical purposes, with Belfast being the next. In a further parallel, Belfast was opened as a museum ship to the public in her current real-life location in the Pool of London on Trafalgar Day in 1971 (the 166th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar).
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4 event spaces on the ship. However, despite a promotional image indicating otherwise, the ship is currently not available for wedding hire (at least not the ceremony). Does make one wonder about if a commander would oath Nelson or Hood onboard like we have previously had reported on this sub with Belfast via /u/Edruro and North Carolina via /u/Typical_Jack, though!
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Despite the ship being merely in dry dock since 1922 in Portsmouth, various admirals have still raised their flag there, and even since the dry dock, the officer whose flag flies above the ship is a knight who ranks no lower than Vice Admiral. Adding to that, she has also been the flagship of the United Kingdom's First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff since 2012 (currently Admiral Sir Tony Radakin since June 2019). Could you imagine what it'd be like if a commander raised a personal or AL Royal Navy flag over the Nelson?
On this day in 1805, the Royal Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. The triumph is decisive yet costly; Britain's best admiral, Horatio Nelson, is fatally wounded on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory.
On this day in 1805, the Royal Navy defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. The triumph is decisive yet costly; Britain's best admiral, Horatio Nelson, is fatally wounded on the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory.
On this day 215 years ago, one Horatio Nelson decisively defeated the combined Franco-Spanish fleet, ensuring British naval supremacy for the next 136 years
flag of when Horatio Nelson declared himself King of England after surviving the Battle of Trafalgar
Sword with crocodile grip presented to Admiral Horatio Nelson by the Captains of the Fleet after his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Image in comments. The National Maritime Museum. (1282x876)
Horatio Nelson Family Tree
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Set of toys commemorating the funeral of Horatio Nelson, England 1806.
What if France won the 7 years war, and England had a revolution. Also, Horatio Nelson becomes Britain's Napoleon. French revolution but in Britain basically.
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My great-great grandaunt Juliana Horatia (in the 1870s), who was named after her grandfather's close friend Horatio Nelson. She was a popular children's author, whose work was greatly admired by Rudyard Kipling and Edith Nesbit.
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