Zheng He is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around‚ much less know who he is. Zheng He is‚ however‚ one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century‚ and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened trade between the Ming Dynasty and its neighbouring countries in the Middle East and India‚ and brought back exotic souvenirs and gifts to the Yongle Emperor‚ which were tributes from the neighbouring countries
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saw a peasant who was fishing nearby. She looked at the peasant and said‚ “Sir‚ can you sell me your boat there is no other way of getting across the river”. The peasant turned and replied‚ “Where are you going princess?” She dried her tears and softly said‚ “I need a boat to get as far away as I can. Please promise not to tell my parents‚ I left the palace and I will pay you more than what your boat is worth”. The peasant smiled and looked at her‚ “alright princess‚ I will sell you the
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vessels. The dominant wave consumes more than half of the space and frames Mount Fuji in the distance. Three tiny boats and an even smaller peak of Mount Fuji seem to serve only to highlight the force of the water. The dramatically curved‚ upwards line of the wave acts as hooks or claws which almost personify the wave into a predator grasping at its target; the fishermen in delicate fishing boats seem to have no chance against the water. Hokusai uses implied lines seen with the course of the ‘falling’
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where Hooper finds Ben Gardner’s sunken boat. Leading up to this scene Hooper and Brody are on Hooper’s boat and Hooper is going to dive into the water to
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in the boat. As the week goes on it becomes more challenging to not sleep in for an extra hour. We really didn’t get out onto the water until nine that morning. There was still some fog out on the water‚ but it was good enough to drive across the lake. See‚ from where we put in the boat is around twenty miles from where we actually fish. This was always a problem because this would eat up all the gas in the tank. Later that day‚ it was around four. It takes around 1 hour to drive the boat back to
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swimming in the ocean‚ and getting out tans on. The temperature has been at least 97-99 everyday‚ not much humidity‚ which is good. Every night we would go out on the boat a little before sunset. Sometimes we would tub or eat dinner on the boat. We decided to skip the beach one day because it got really humid‚ and go out on the boat during the day. It was so humid from the second we woke up‚ we could feel it from just having breakfast outside on the deck under shade too. We really needed to do something
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Paragraph One of the things that I treasure in summertime is my weekends. I start my day early‚ getting ready to ride in my boyfriend’s car‚ to pick up the boat from a friend. The boat is a camouflaged‚ flat bottom‚ twelve feet long; spray painted on one side is the name for the boat “Esox Lucius”. We get to the creek and Jake dismounts the boat‚ I help by bringing the fishing poles‚ tackle boxes and my bag down to the bank. The familiar creek where we go is not too wide‚ covered on both sides by
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I love to try all watersports that involve being pulled behind a boat including‚ waterskiing‚ wakeboarding‚ wakesurfing‚ wakeskating‚ barefoot waterskiing‚ trick skiing‚ tubing‚ and disking. All of these activities have a similar impact on the lake because of the boat that is pulling me‚ so I will talk about them from the general term of wakeboarding because it is my favorite of the activities. The speedboats used
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My Whitewater Rafting Experience The unforgiving water rushes past the boat‚ waiting for a false move. Called a class 5‚ this rapid looks more like a class 6 with the water as low as it is. Six to ten foot swells come crashing down from time to time keeping the crew sharp and wet. To the right‚ a thousand-foot wall of stone reaches for the sky‚ yearning for the omnipresent. The canyon walls look as smooth as silk‚ yet upon contact are as coarse as sandpaper. Quartz crystals glisten in the
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water activity. It’s usually fishing because your dad owns a bass boat. This time though one of your friends‚ who you had no idea had a boat‚ invites you to go to the lake for the day with him. What do you think you are going to do? You ask your friend and he says that it is time you learned how to wakeboard. You get to the lake and it is silent there is no one to be heard or seen for what looks like miles. The driver of the boats heads toward one end of the lake. Once there your buddy sets
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