The Age of Discovery: Impact on Philippine Culture and Society SECOND EDITION Edited by BELINDA A. AQUINO DEAK T. ALEGADO • This publication is part ofa project that was funded by the Hawaii Committee for the Humanities and the State Commission on the Columbian Quincentennial Observance. The project was sponsored by the Center for Philippine Studies‚ University of Hawaii at Manoa and co-sponsored by the Filipino Historical Society of Hawaii. • • • Copyright 1992 FIRST EDmON 1992 SECOND EDmON
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How does the poem”Understand Old one” portrait the concept of “discovery”? Discovery can have a different impact on different individuals. The composer ”Oodgeroo Noonuccal” reflects on her discovery of the” old native burial ground” as a spiritual journey‚ rather than an intellectual journey experienced by the scientists and the modern world. Discovery can offer us a positive or negative experience. Oodgeroo Noonuccal felt strongly reverential towards the old one and the past‚ but she was more
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THE DISCOVERY THE DISCOVERY ‘The Discovery’‚ by J.C Squire describes a historical event: Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of the New World on his 1942 expedition across the Atlantic Ocean which initiated the process of Spanish colonisation. The poem has gone by several names including ‘The Caravels‚ ‘Sonnet’ and ‘There was an Indian’. John Collings Squire (J.C Squire) (1884-1958) was a British poet‚ writer‚ historian‚ influential literary critic and editor of the post WW1 period.
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A silver bullet to beat cancer? The internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now‚ lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects. Results from the study at the University of Leeds‚ published in Dalton Transactions‚ show that particular silver compounds are as toxic to cancer cells as the platinum-based drug Cisplatin‚ which is widely used to treat a range of cancers. But the crucial difference is
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Is a discovery an invention or is an invention a discovery? This is one question that can probably never be answered. A discovery can be defined as something which already existed‚ and is excavated after one notice’s it or proves its existence . Invention is the creation of something which didn’t exist before it was created by a genius mind . For instance‚ Newton discovered the existence of gravity when an apple fell on his head. It did exist before Newton realizes its existence‚ but
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Explain how technology was a stimuli to the Age of Discovery? There were many technological advances in the Age of discovery. The development of the cannon‚ which was able shoot iron or stone balls. This device could take down city walls or fortresses. A western technician built 56 small cannon’s and gigantic gun that could hurl stone balls weighing 800 lbs. The gun could only be loaded and fired only by about a hundred men working together‚ and reloading took 2 hours. Although the cannon had serious
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As one goes through an essence of discovery it can ultimately change the ways in which the individual sees both themselves and the world that surrounds them as they respond to their new found discovery. This notion is coincidently shown through out William Shakespeare’s ‚The Tempest (1610-11) and two following related texts‚ The academy award winning film American beauty (1999) directed by Sam Mendes and an Australian short story‚ The age of terror ( 2010) written by Chris Womersly.. Shakespeare’s
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NEHRU’S ‘THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA’ A Brief Study JAGDISH V. DAVE M. N. College‚ Visnagar (NG)‚ Gujarat The Discovery of India is‚ in fact‚ the discovery or Nehru’s rich and graceful personality. It gives us glimpses into the manifold aspects of this great man symbolised for many years the youth of our rejuvenated race awakened after long slumber. What was the essential self of Pandit Nehru? He was a politician by accident as he himself confessed‚ a thinker and a humanist by
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Essay 1 The Discovery of Antarctica According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ discovery means: “the act of finding or learning something for the first time‚ the act of discovering something.”1 With this definition in hand‚ the discovery of Antarctica is something that may not officially be determined. As it sits now‚ 1820 is the official discovery year with three reported sightings of the continent within months of each other. The speculation over the true discovery date and discoverer of Antarctica
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The Doctrine of Discovery‚ also known as the Doctrine of Christian Discovery‚ has its root since 1452‚ even before the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. All the activities involving Doctrine of Discovery are enshrined within the framework of Christendom or Christianity. It can also be divided into two basic ideologies: Discovering land and resources; and taking those resources by force. In the process of the conquest of the Americas‚ lands and resources were discovered on the Indigenous territories
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