1. First‚ we must ask ourselves what constitutes reading material as American Literature. Simply put‚ it is literature that 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
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Luis Cardenas Luis Cardenas needs to consider happiness when choosing his career. Because when you are in a job it is very impotent that you love what you do and be happy‚ after all you will be doing this same job for forty years are so. For example the lone officer position Luis would be very unhappy. When Luis was working as an executive assistant he would come home and say‚ “there goes another eight hours of my life down the drain” (pg.209). Luis would be getting up every day
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Over the years many historians have recorded findings of various places such as the Americas‚ but the first known European recording belonged to Christopher Columbus an Italian-European explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492. “Journey of the First Voyage to America” is an explorative narrative by Christopher Columbus about his journey to the west and reports on what he had discovered to the Spanish Royals. In 1492‚ Columbus attempted to reach India by sailing through the Atlantic Ocean as opposed
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dragon eyes in the front and a dragon and phoenix pattern in the rear. The bottom holds of the ship were filled with expensive silks and porcelains that we used for trade with the other nations we visited‚ but I’ll tell you more about that later in my letter. With a ship so large‚ there was always a lot of work to be done‚ but we were given free time each day. I was fortunate to meet many different people who performed a wide variety of jobs aboard the ship and I learned a great deal. One of my best
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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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Response 2 Christopher Columbus first voyage was a discovery of different plant and animal species as he made multiple references about the beauty of San Salvador and its inhabitants. I assume that the various species of plants that are on the land could be put to good use as he saved large quantities of aloe and other items for the person he refers to as “your highness”- who is that? While reading the passage‚ I noticed how he instantly insults the integrity of the island people as he describes
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The Voyage The Voyage‚ by Katherine Mansfield is a short story set in the early 1900s‚ about a young girl called Fenella who is being taken from her home in Wellington to live with her Grandparents in Picton‚ after the death of her mother. She along with her grandmother travels across the Cook Strait on the Picton Boat to her new home. Mansfield uses the literary techniques of symbolism‚ setting and dialogue to convey the idea of the transition from childhood into adulthood. Mansfield uses
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Columbus Reports on His First Voyage On March 15‚ 1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus wrote a letter to his financiers King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Castille announcing his discoveries in what he thought to be the eastern side of China‚ but was actually the first European contact with America. Columbus’ intention was to show how easy it was to conquer the “New World” and convert its denizens to Christianity. Columbus started his letter by primarily announcing the newly explored lands after
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“Journal of the First Voyage of Christopher Columbus” The personal journal was written by Christopher Columbus. Columbus possessed a familiar background pertaining to the Atlantic trade as he followed in his father’s footsteps. It was not until the age of forty-one Christopher Columbus made his first voyage of discovery. He believed that he could find a new and faster route to the Far East‚ which would be him wealth and fame. As he did just that‚ Christopher Columbus is known today for colonizing
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When Christoford Colombo first discovered the Americas‚ it was a great opportunity for the Europeans‚ especially the Spaniards. They decided to claim the new land for their own. Christopher as he is known now‚ first set eyes on the land of North America on October 12‚ 1492. The following paragraphs were written by various men‚ they include bias and factual accounts of when the Americas were found. Most of the writings of the men from the country of Spain include bias in one-way or another. Christopher
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