Portuguese during the 15th century. The Order of Christ had the properties and crusading traditions of the Order of Knights Templar‚ and the cruzado was a reminder of the Portuguese secular and religious motives. 19) Fernão Gomes was a merchant from Lisbon‚ and he found a new way for expeditions to be funded and caused dramatic changes on the Atlantic world. He bought a contract from the Crown the privilege of exploring 350 miles of new coast every year for five years‚ in exchange for a monopoly trade
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Voyage with Christopher Columbus It was the year of 1492‚ when I heard the news from my brothers‚ Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón‚ that Christopher Columbus will be leading a voyage to find a faster route to the East and that he will be recruiting sailors to help him on the voyage. My brothers volunteered for job; with the long years of experience Martín became the captain of the Pinta‚ and Vicente captained the Niña. These two ships is out of three ships and my brothers had the honor
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styles and a highly personal expression of talents that makes her unique as an artist during that time period. My paper will explore Josefa de Ayala’s painting Nativity‚ done in 1669 and currently displayed at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon‚ to showcase how Ayala became known as an accomplished painter and gained recognition amongst other Baroque painters during an
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POT 3054 Research Paper Voltaire’s Candide Voltaire begins the climactic‚ satirical journey of Candide by first stating where he originates‚ the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh (Voltaire 1). This absurd name can be seen as Voltaire taking aim at the ridiculous names of lords‚ dukes‚ etc. he has come across. Not only is it an unnecessarily long name‚ but a humorous one to pronounce. The Baron is also said to have established an unreasonable seventy-one heraldic quarterings due to his family
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August 1‚ 2013 George Kennan: His Impact on American Politics George Kennan was an American Foreign Service Officer who led several positions internationally. He lived to witness World War One and many other significant historical events. George Kennan lived through a very controversial twentieth century where the U.S. was a world power‚ trough Boom and Bust‚ the World War Two period‚ The Cold War period‚ and through Social America (Simkin‚ George Kennan). George Kennan was born on February
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What would he do if Voltaire had access to a time machine? Francois-Marie Arouet is a well-known French satirist from the 1700’s. Francois also goes by the name of Voltaire‚ he wrote stories‚ poems and basically every other type of literary work imaginable. Voltaire was a very opinionated philosopher and he had no problem stating his views. Voltaire actually spent a lot of time in jail for his comments and opinions; he was a trusted advisor to both Louis XV and Fredrick the Great of Prussia.
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is how Pangloss describes the castle prior to Candide’s dismissal. This is the first misfortune of Candide‚ as Pangloss’ philosophy seems somewhat of an unsure solution for him. During the beginning of Candide’s journey‚ an earthquake strikes Lisbon‚ murdering thirty thousand people. In Pangloss’ optimistic world‚ “the fall of man and the curse that came with it were necessary components of the best of all possible worlds” (52)‚ meaning the earthquake was necessary in the course of nature. To
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The Definition of “Family” in the Constitution Should be changed Article 41 of the Constitution recognises the Family “as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society”‚ and as a “moral institution possessing certain inalienable and imprescriptible rights” which are “antecedent and superior to all positive law”. The State guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority “as the necessary basis of social order and as indispensable to the welfare of the Nation and the
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Dequan Hurey July 16‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo – traveled to China and stirred up a storm of European interest 2. Francisco Pizzaro – conquers Incan Empire of Peru and begins shipping tons of gold/silver back to Spain. This huge influx of precious metals made European prices skyrocket (inflation). 3. Ponce de Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due
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– regions of growth e.g. golden triangle of Paris‚ London & Amsterdam. Islands of innovation e.g. Berlin specialize in techno-industrial fields. Small activity centers – Occur in periphery areas because of cheap labor & incentives e.g. Lisbon. The Hot Banana is an Area covering Europe’s core areas. It stretches from SE England‚ through N France‚ the Rhine‚ and the Ruhr & into Milan. This zone attracts company HQs and R&D and accounts for 40% of EU total output. There is a large
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