During the late 1400’s and early 1500’s‚ many explorers were starting to explore and discover North America. European countries sent explorers to America to search for a better life‚ goods‚ to claim lands‚ to find the fountain of youth‚ and various other reasons. Christopher Columbus‚ Ponce de León‚ and John Cabot made a huge impact with their voyages to the new world; their discoveries later helped the establishment of new colonies in North America. Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian‚ went on four
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Thin Air: A personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This non-fiction book is written by Jon Krauker‚ who is a journalist. In this book‚ Krauker talks about the events which led him to participate in an expedition to Mt. Everest and what happens during this expedition. This expedition to Everest of 1996 is considered to be one of the deadliest season in history and Krauker tells the story of it. Krauker is a writer and a climber who is put on an assigment for Outside magazine to report on the
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Shackleton as a Leader Sir Ernest Shackleton was a polar explorer who made history due to unwavering determination and solid leadership skills. From the very beginning of the expedition‚ Shackleton showed signs of becoming a leader like no other. He was described as having towering ambitions as well as boundless optimism‚ and he had the crew’s unshakable confidence (Swaoffard & Butler‚ 2001). People were drawn to Shackleton because he was an explorer whose dream was to cross the entire Antarctic
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very important event happened in our country’s history‚ The Louisiana Purchase. And with it became Zebulon’s chance at fame. He had two expeditions into the unknown West. His first was to explore to the North of the Mississippi River and to find its head waters. It was a fairly simple mission to explore a part of the land that the Lewis and Clark expedition would have missed. On his travels he met with various tribes and groups. Each one he meet with he promoted peace with. For example the Lakota
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page 178‚ paragraph 1. Jefferson also knew that it could be tolerated if Louisiana was controlled by Spain‚ but it was an entirely different story if France was to control it‚ considering their leader. When Jefferson found out about a French expedition to Saint Domingue to recapture some land‚ he jumped on the opportunity. He sent James Monroe to Paris to try and buy New Orleans and Florida for $10 million. When this news reached Napoleon‚ he knew he could not use his troops to control Louisiana
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Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer who needed funding in order to start his expedition. Columbus was ready to sail for whatever country would pay for his voyage. He went to Portugal‚ England‚ and France to ask for help. In spite of everything Portugal rejected Columbus’ plan twice and England and France were not interested in the topic. In 1486 Columbus decided to try to get Spain to fund the expedition. When he went to spain he talked to the spanish Monarchs‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Primary Analysis I: The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Analysis of the Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea‚ Ch. 7-9 In the article‚ “The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea” from chapter 7 to 9‚ by Gomez Eannes de Azurara is to explain why Prince Henry‚ the navigator of Portugal‚ wants to explore the west coast of Africa‚ describe that ships were suffering difficulties during reaching Guinea‚ and introduce how success Gomes Eannes de Azurara
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the Llemhi Ccounty . Her father was the Sshoshone chief . Wwhen she was 12 she was kidnapped by the Ffrench-Ccanadian who made her his wife. In 1908 was was invited to go with Llewis and Cclark on the expedition. She was the only girl on the expedition with Llewis and Cclark. Dduring the expedition she had a son named Jjean Bbaptiste Ccharbonneau. Sacagawea was skilled at finding edible plants. On the boat she was on she saved the cargo and important documents and supplies. she also brought peace
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Scientific American Magazine December 15‚ 2008 Darwin’s Living LegacyEvolutionary Theory 150 Years Later A Victorian amateur undertook a lifetime pursuit of slow‚ meticulous observation and thought about the natural world‚ producing a theory 150 years ago that still drives the contemporary scientific agenda By Gary Stix When the 26yearold Charles Darwin sailed into the Galápagos Islands in 1835 aboard the HMS Beagle ‚ he took little notice of a collection of birds that are now intimately associated with his
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heaven‚ where remission of sins was offered to any who might die in the undertaking.[33] They do not all specifically mention Jerusalem as the ultimate goal; however‚ it has been argued that Urban’s subsequent preaching reveals that he expected the expedition to reach Jerusalem all along.[34] According to one version of the speech‚ the enthusiastic crowd responded with cries of Deus vult! ("God wills it!"). However‚ other versions of the speech do not include this
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