NAME: Christopher Columbus OCCUPATION: Explorer BIRTH DATE: c. October 31‚ 1451 DEATH DATE: May 20‚ 1506 PLACE OF BIRTH: Genoa‚ Italy PLACE OF DEATH: Valladolid‚ Spain Christopher Columbus Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa‚ Italy. His first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa. 1492‚ Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria‚ with the Pinta and the
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Journal Entry One: Chimi Northrop-Toro Christopher Columbus: Letter to Ferdinand and Isabel Regarding the Fourth Voyage This letter had a negative and cynical tone. It describes the lands in exhausted state and in destruction. “Of Espanola‚ Paria‚ and the other lands‚ I never think without weeping‚ I believed that their example would have been to the profit of others; on the contrary‚ they are in an exhausted state; although they are not dead‚ the infirmity is incurable or very extensive; let
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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer‚ navigator‚ and colonizer‚ born in the Republic of Genoa‚ in what is today northwestern Italy on an unspecified day but believed to be before October 31 1451. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain‚ he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents. Those voyages‚ and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola‚ initiated the
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Matt Miller 3-15-00 Mr. Thorp Morality Per. A Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a powerful woman with her missions and countless acts of mercy. Powerful leaders in our world today should learn from Mother Teresa and her countless acts of mercy‚ which she performed. Often men and women in powerful positions misuse their strengths simply for their own personal benefit. Mother Teresa is a perfect example of a modern day saint. Through her love and guidance of Jesus Christ‚ Mother
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1 / 4 Diana Saucedo Erin Morris HIST2321 XC World Civilization I September 14‚ 2016 Hildegard of Bingen A Remarkable Women Hildegard of Bingen was a writer‚ composer‚ philosopher and a visionary. She was called by many “one of the most important figures in the history of the Middle East and perhaps the greatest women of her time” (justun.angelican.org)\ Biography Born in a noble family‚ she was the tenth child. Her parents were Hildebert von Bermersheim and Mechtil of Merxheim-Nahet
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Saints and the beatitudes Saint Rose of Lima was born on April 20‚ 1586. Saint Rose lived in Peru. She had 9 siblings. She has 6 brothers and 3 sisters. Her feast day is August 23rd. Her feast day was formally August 30th. Saint Rose of Limas original name was Isabel Flores de Oliva. She was always known as Rosa. Rose normally wore a crown of thorns. She was beatified in 1668 by Pope Clement. Pope Clement also canonized her. She died on August 24‚ 1617. She helped the sick and hungry around her
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Mother Teresa‚ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ was born in Skopje‚ Macedonia on August 27th‚ 1910. Mother Teresa was of Albanian descent‚ and by the age of twelve felt a call of God. At eighteen‚ she left her home and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish nuns who held missions in India. After months of training in Dublin she was sent back to India‚ where on May 24th 1931 Mother Teresa took her vows as a nun. From then on until 1948 she taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta. Outside the walls of
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Saint Catherine of Siena was born in 1347 in Siena‚ Italy. She was the youngest child of a very large family and grew up an intelligent‚ cheerful‚ and intensely religious person. At age six‚ she began having mystical experiences‚ seeing guardian angels as clearly as the people they protected. Saint Catherine was very in touch with God‚ even as a child. When Saint Catherine was twelve‚ her parents thought of engaging her in marriage. She wanted to devote her life to God‚ not to her husband. She disappointed
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Mother Teresa What did Mother Teresa do to show love for others Mother Teresa born 26th of August 1910 was a Roman Catholic nun who is a landmark in history due to the love she showed for God but significantly for others. Mother Teresa founded the missionaries of charity in Calcutta‚ India in 1950. She did so for forty five years. Mother Teresa showed great love for others as she ministered to the poor‚ sick and orphaned. And even the dying. Mother Teresa did all these things while guiding the
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THE LOVING MOTHER MOTHER TERESA WAS BORN IN 1910. SHE BECAME A NUN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. SHE WAS SENT TO INDIA TO TEACH A CONVENT IN KOLKATA. WHILE SHE WAS TEACHING‚ MOTHER TERESA DECIDED TO SERVE GOD. SHE BEGAN TO LOOK AFTER THE SICK AND THE POOR. AFTER SOME TIME‚ SHE LEFT CONVENT AND STARTED THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY. A FEW YEARS LATER‚ MOTHER TERESA SET UP NIRMAL HRIDAY. IT WAS A HOME FOR THE POOR AND THE DYING. THEN SHE SET UP A HOME FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN.SHE CALLED IT SHISHU BHAVAN
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