The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets[?]. It is presented in honour of poet Pat Lowther[?] who was murdered by her husband in 1977. Each winner receives an honourarium of $1000.
... looking for a searoute to the Indies; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on Hispaniola
James Cook, (1728-1779), explored the Pacific, ...