X-Nico

unusual facts about John Guy



Bay de Verde

1612 - October 1612 Bartholomew Pearson, yeoman of Wollaton, Nottingham, settler in the first English colony in Newfoundland, took part in John Guy’s expedition to Trinity Bay and was among those ship-wrecked at Green Bay (Bay de Verde) on the way back.

Paton College

The five Courts and Corte Real (the services building) are named after notable early explorers of North America, all of whom have connections to Newfoundland; Jacques Cartier, Giovanni Caboto, Humphrey Gilbert, John Guy, George Calvert (1st Baron Baltimore), and Gaspar Corte-Real.


see also

Guy Rutledge

Sir John Guy Rutledge (18 March 1872 in Aughnahoo, County Tyrone, Ireland - 15 February 1930 in Rangoon, Burma) was a British judge and colonial official in Lower Burma.

John G. Wilson

John Guy Wilson (1842–1892) was a Manchester, UK patent agent and the founder of Wilson Gunn, one of the oldest firms of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK.

John Slany

Slany's interest in Newfoundland was heightened by favorable reports from John Guy and William Colston of the vast riches to be had in Newfoundland.