Technologies impact on the voyage of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. He did so using primitive technology compared to today’s standards. He had lunar maps‚ a compass‚ while navigators nowadays have GPS‚ superior building materials and techniques‚ and satellite communications. Christopher Columbus could have made great use of these technologies in his voyage to America. He used celestial navigation to get an idea of where he was going. With technology nowadays
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India has been celebrating Teacher’s Day on 5th of September since 1962. 5th of September is the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence. On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. His dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence‚ Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people‚ as the teachers act as foundation for creating responsible citizens. We can never thank our teachers
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President’s Day Today is February 19‚ 2012 and we are celebrating the President’s Day. This day was designated to honor all the presidents of the America. The most honored and respected two American presidents at that time were‚ George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George Washington’s birthday was on February 22‚ 1732 while Abraham Lincoln’s birthday was on February 12‚ 1809. Back then‚ Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays were celebrated separately‚ falling on their actual birthdays. However‚
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Christopher Columbus is guilty for manslaughter. In 1492 Columbus sailed here claiming to discover America. Columbus took advantage of the people he called Indians. They were unclothed people and to him that represented that they had no customs‚ culture or religion. In his journal he said “I believe that they would become Christians very easily‚ for it seemed to me that they had no religion.”1 To Columbus the Indians appeared defenseless‚ easy to trick and conquer because they had no experience
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teachers day. I was also a teacher; the principal in fact of Guru Harkrishan Public school in the past but otherwise a history teacher. On this day we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Savepalli Radhakrishnan‚ a profound philosopher‚ statesman and educationalist. Dr. Radhakrishnan said that he would like his birthday to be celebrated only once and decided that it would be called Teachers Day. This request showed his love for the profession. From then onwards every year 5th September is celebrated as teacher’s
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via Flickr Calcutta‚ India‚ Aug 26‚ 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) In India 5th September is celebrated as Teachers’ day as a mark of tribute to the contribution made by teachers to the society. 5th September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan‚ who was a staunch believer of education‚ and was the well-known diplomat‚ scholar‚ president of India and above all a teacher. The day commemorates the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence
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Most people know that Christopher Columbus discovered America‚ but are probably unaware of all the destruction that he caused in doing so. Columbus had an urge to sail west to the Indies where he ended up finding North America and did not even realize it. In fact‚ he made four voyages‚ mainly to the Caribbean and part of the north coast of South America and was sure it had to be the Indies. He was looking for gold and spices that he had read about‚ but was in the wrong place. His exploration brought
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Christopher Columbus’ treatment of the Native Americans Historians and the general public alike have posed the question; how could so few Spanish could have conquered such a huge territory and so many people? By 1550‚ within a few decades of Columbus’ arrival on Caribbean shores‚ the Spanish had conquered and colonized vast tracts of the Americas more than ten times larger than Spain itself and an estimated 200‚000 or more Native Americans. The answers to this question vary over time‚ and are
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Mother’s Day In India | | Mother’s Day Celebration in India are slowly catching! The concept of celebrating Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May is very new in India and it can be said that in a time span of less than a decade‚ Mothers Day has been a great success. Remembering this‚ our BHS club arranged a cultural programme on12th May this year on Sunday in our club premises. The reason behind the success of Mothers Day in India can be attributed to the emotions which are attached to
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Christopher Columbus and Cabeza de Vaca are two known adventurers who have interested Historians for many years. While Columbus is an explorer and Cabeza de Vaca is a treasurer‚ both of these men had great reputations‚ leading to positions of high status. Cabeza de Vaca went to explore the Gulf coast as a young nobleman and became the treasurer and Christopher Columbus went on many expeditions to explore lands of treasure and jewels of all sorts. Both men explored in a time in which the lands were
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