Portugal- History of Exploration from 1480 AD - 1700 AD 1. Spain and Portugal--Unified but Declining: Spain was slowly being strangled to death by its own colonial empire abroad. Although Spain had amassed great wealth which resulted in a "golden age" for Spanish culture and the arts under Philip II (r. 1556-98)‚ much of that fortune was squandered on luxuries‚ the ill-conceived Armada‚ and the purchase of prestige to the point that the Spanish economy began to deteriorate by 1600. The Portuguese
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Explain how the changes in Western Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Exploration? Include a. the Renaissance b. the growth of nation states c. advances in sailing technology In the 1400s‚ Europe experienced what came to be known as the renaissance‚ or rebirth. During this period of time‚ major advances in technology and learning were made. Also‚ the renaissance was a time of great economic prosperity. These advances would later lead to many new discoveries in the subsequent
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CALIFORNIA INDIANS califa.org KAROK Location: Northwestern California (western part of Siskiyou County) Language: Hokan family Population: 1770 estimate: 1‚500 1910 Census: 800 The word Karok (also spelled Karuk) meant upstream‚ a name the people used to distinguish themselves from their neighbors downstream‚ the Yurok. Except for their language‚ the customs of the Karok were very much like the Yurok‚ resembling the people of the northern Pacific Coast (Oregon‚ Washington‚ Vancouver Island)
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overland from the Pacific port of Panama (City) to Nombre de Dios. The transport of wealth attracted pirates‚ and by the 18th century the Caribbean was so dangerous that Spanish ships began bypassing Panama and sailing directly from Peru around Cape Horn to reach Europe. o Panama went into decline‚ and became a province of Colombia when the South American nation received its independence in 1821. o A French attempt to build a canal in 1880 resulted in the death of 22‚000 workers from malaria and
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COAL By definition coal is a fossil fuel formed by plants and animal buried years ago‚ this formation facilitated by the high temperature and pressure underground. This mineral can be used as a solid fuel and as a raw material for coke and gas. After this lengthy process of formulation coal is recognized as a significant factor of the world’s manufacturing sector. As this is so‚ there is a global demand for this commodity. Ship being the suitable mode of transportation for this commodity‚
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FRANCIS DRAKE-A SUCCESSFUL EXPLORER... In my humble opinion‚ the best explorer in the late 15th/16th century was Sir Francis Drake. Not only was he the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe‚ but his voyages helped create a more accurate picture of the world‚ which can help us greatly and helped the Tudors in England at the time‚ who only argued that the world was flat and did not know all the countries present‚ whom Drake saw and studied himself through his voyages. Also he founded the
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hand-drummers playing all different types of drums and styles from African to Mediterranean‚ then the second half was the wind ensemble. The wind ensemble had lots of instruments there was marimbas‚ percussion‚ triangle‚ tubas‚ trombones‚ euphonium‚ French horns‚ trumpets‚ clarinets‚ bass clarinets‚ flutes‚ piccolo‚ oboe‚
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Analysis"Benito Cereno" is‚ like "Bartleby the Scrivener‚" one of Melville’s most hotly debated short stories. But unlike "Bartleby‚" where interpretation of the story’s essential meaning is the main area of interest‚ "Benito Cereno" owes much of its popularity among literary critics to its subject matter: slavery. "Benito" is Melville’s only work of fiction that deals directly with slavery. Therefore‚ it is bothersome to Melville scholars that the story is so maddeningly enigmatic. As critic Warner
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Problem Statement: Some families didn’t want to travel overland to California so they took ships around Cape Horn at the tip of South America. Say a ship leaves San Francisco for New York the first of every month at noon. At the same time a ship leaves New York for san Francisco. Every ship arrives exactly 6 months after it leaves. If you were going to San Francisco from New York How many ships from San Francisco would you meet? I assumed that entering and exiting the harbor does not count
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tallow trade. Dana was an elite member of the upper class. As a student at Harvard‚ he became infected with a case of the measles that left him with a painful eye condition. Dana then began his career at sea as a sailor and set off from Boston around Cape Horn to the coast of California. Throughout his voyage‚ Dana kept a journal of his sixteen month adventure. In 1840‚ Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast was published‚ based on his diaries. It contains an in depth account of life on the California coast
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