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    ShipNet Voyage Estimator provides the right tools for evaluating a voyage from different perspective and making the suitable chartering decisions. It also guarantees maximum profit for charterers through the right decisions taken. It is highly crucial for a shipping company to match the appropriate cargo with the suitable vessel so that there is no any complexities and wastage of space. ShipNet Voyage Estimator provides this function to its users. As there is increasing competitiveness and enhanced

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    helped me discover the instances and similarity in the writings “Letter: the first voyage” (1493) by Columbus and “Young Goodman Brown” (New England magazine‚1835) by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Even though the stories were written in different centuries and different context they form together to exemplify the connecting theme of discovery. Whether it is the discovery

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    easy (shows the hand gesture as well as the digit)‚ medium (shows only the digit)‚ and hard (gives you a math equation to solve). The equation it gives is fairly simple (equivalent to 2-1 or 4+5). As the program continues the numbers rise from 0 to 9. All numbers in the equations (and their answers) are numbers that the

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    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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    assesses the copious literary history of the United States (the American experience). Therefore‚ the reading assignments such as Williams Bradford’s Of Plymouth’s Plantation‚ excerpts from the Journal of Christopher Columbus‚ “First Voyage”‚ Fourth Voyage”‚ and “Second Voyage”‚ and the “Story-Telling Stone” are perfect examples of American Literature. All of these stories depict life in America‚ whether written on paper‚ or communicated orally from generations to generations. However‚ the Native American

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    The Middle Passage was the voyage from Africa to the New World. However the Middle Passage was not the very first voyage. The Outward Passage was the very first voyage and it ran from Europe to Africa. The Middle Passage was the second voyage and then the last voyage was the return passage and it ran from the Americas to Europe. The Middle passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Ships slowly departed

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    maiden voyage was a catastrophe because the ship hit an iceberg. The iceberg had not been seen until the last minute‚ however it was already too late to slow down. A numerous amount of people that were on the ship died. From millionaires to immigrants and everything in between. It took 2 hours and 40 minutes for the Titanic to fully submerge. In those 2 hours and 40 minutes that they had to rescue people‚ only about 706 people were rescued out of the 2‚222 that were on board. The maiden voyage was the

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    Christopher Columbus departed Spain on August 3‚ 1492 for his first voyage. He stopped at the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships known as the Pinta‚ the Niña‚ and the Santa María. On October 12‚ they first sighted land which turned out to be a small island in present-day Bahamas (Minster‚ 2012a). There are various factors which influenced Christopher Columbus to undertake this voyage. He had a personal interest and determination to find a faster

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    Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian explorer and navigator‚ completed four voyages across the Atlantic ocean. On his first voyage‚ Columbus set sail for India‚ but ended up on the island of San Salvador. Although he did not reach his planned destination of India‚ he was still given credit for the establishment of the first European settlement in the western part of the world in the year of 1492. He had many tools and techniques that he used on his journeys. However‚ with modern sailing developments

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    him at this time. They gave him many offering which mostly included food. The Natives showed Columbus that they were not a threat in any way and that they could be easily manipulated. When comparing the source from the book Columbus and the Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen and the history book they obviously have many similarities. According to the Columbus when he first arrived the Native American people were very nice to him. They treated him with respect and they showed absolutely no threat to

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