Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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Period 8 – Social Studies 22/10/13 Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was the first European to find out about America (New World). This new land found changed the whole world. It all started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He made trips to America in 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1503. Counting that he made 4 across the Atlantic Ocean to America from Spain. He accidentally found America‚ thinking that it the East Indies when he tried to find a water west from Europe
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the New World: Was Christopher Columbus a hero or villain? Why were the English colonies more successful than France‚ Spain‚ and the Netherlands? Christopher Columbus started his famous voyage on August 3‚ 1492. After a dangerous three-month journey‚ the ships made landfall on October 12‚ 1492. They landed on Bahamian island that he named San Salvador. Columbus focused
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Introduction: Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451‚ was a master navigator and admiral who made four transoceanic voyages (1492-93‚ 1493-96‚ 1498-1500 and 1502-04) launched a way for all European exploration. Columbus is known for discovering the New World (The Americas) and made his journeys under the sponsorship of Queen Isabella the 1st and Kind Ferdinand the 2nd. Columbus’ family was not wealthy‚ but they did manage. His family consisted of his father Dominico Columbus‚ his mother‚
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When Christopher Columbus arrived in America in 1492‚ it was the beginning of the end for the natives that lived there. Right away there were obvious differences between the two cultures. The settlers saw themselves as superior and tried to force the Natives into taking on the European way of life. Although the settlers were friendly towards the Natives at first‚ war eventually broke out when they tried to protect their land. They slowly became the minority population of the United States. The genocide
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Columbus and the English came along. When Columbus arrived to America in 1492 he thought he landed in India but‚ come to find out this was “The New World”. Despise his actions he had millions of innocent Native Americans killed and tortured. Do you really think he should have a holiday or should we honor the lives of the Native Americans that were killed and tortured. Christopher Columbus arrived on “The New World” in 1492. When arrived he found out that this was not where he intended to
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He received a flagship‚ the Santa Maria‚ and two smaller ships‚ the Nina and the Pinta. These ships were caravels. They had rudders‚ clinker-built hulls‚ square sails and lateen sails. His ships sailed in 1492 from Palos in Spain towards the Canary Islands. After receiving fresh supplies of water and food‚ Columbus and his ships sailed onto the Atlantic Ocean with the following winds.
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10/10/11 La Piedra del Sol English: In 1790 this huge monolith was discovered beneath the surface of the Zocalo‚ the main square of Mexico City. They had remained buried for 269 years after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan. It’s called the Sun Stone and represents the vision of the cosmos that had the ancient Mexicans. The stone measures twelve feet in diameter and weighs twenty-four toneiadas. It is estimated that the artists who carved the stone Aztec took nearly twenty years to complete
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Queen of Portugal‚ and Catherine‚ Queen of England. Isabella is famous for many important things. The most famous would be her sponsorship for Christopher Columbus to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes to find a way to get to India. In 1492‚ Isabella
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Christina Blackwell Global History March 5 ‚ 13 The European expansion resulted in the death of millions to better the lives of the few in Europe at the time. In 1492 there was beyond an enormous amount of genocide than ever before. The Europeans invaded the land of the Native Americans and Africans took them ‚ crowded them on ships and decided that it was ok and civil. During the triangle trade though many goods were transferred so was disease ad slaves. European expansion was definitely
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