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    best-known of all explorers. He is famous for his voyage in 1492‚ when he "discovered" America while he was looking for a way to sail to Asia. Columbus was probably born in Genoa‚ Italy‚ around 1451. His real name was Christoforo Columbo. His wife‚ a Portuguese women who he married around 1480‚ was Felipa Perestrello e Moniz. They had one son named Diego. He made several voyages to the New World‚ which he thought was Asia. His first voyage took place in 1492. He led an expedition of three ships:

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    University of Phoenix Online January 25‚ 2010 HIS/458 - History of Human Discovery Martha Kirchmer Ferdinand Magellan Since the time of Christopher Columbus’ voyages in 1492 through 1503‚ many explorers were looking for new routes to the Indies. Spain realized that the lands to the West of the Atlantic were not part of Asia‚ but a new continent. Because the Treaty of Tordesillas reserved the eastern routes to

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    Achievements Communication Able to communicate effectively with of clients and colleagues‚ by showing interest‚ carefully listening to needs and appropriately‚ working with the team‚ as during my time worked at previous employer Voyage care - Flambard Road . Teamwork At Voyage Flambard Road worked with the as teamworker in a busy environment‚ such as an ability to listen to clients‚ co-workers and managers‚ perform my role as a support worker and supportive with the colleagues. Language ability English

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    long voyage. This was the famous voyage that Charles Darwin is known for. They sailed two days after Christmas on the H.M.S Beagle in 1831. This was the start of his “Career”. I find this extremely interesting because we have many theories that have branched of from Darwin’s expedition. And we still use his theory of evolution in anthropology and archeology‚ which after some 182 years we still use‚ definitely relates in the study of modern anthropology and science. The study of Darwin’s voyage from

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    Hispaniola. Columbus assumed that he had reached the new world America‚ but instead he only reached the small island nations now known as Cuba and Hispaniola. All of this was done in his first voyage. Over his lifetime‚ Columbus made four voyages to what he considered the continent of America. In his other voyages‚ Columbus arrived at Jamaica‚ Trinidad‚ Gomera (modern day Canary Islands)‚ and Mosquito Coast (modern day Nicaragua). After reading the material on the website‚ I received a better

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    wins. Fifty days into the voyage‚ John Cabot landed on the east coast of North America‚ around Cape Breton Island‚ which is near Maine. John Cabot then proceeded with a small amount of men and claimed the entire continent for the King of England.

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    King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New York Harbor‚ Verrazzano made two more voyages to the Americas. Giovanni Da Verrazzano‚ and many others explorers‚ can be remembered for exploration or exploitation based on their voyages. Exploration is the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar

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    In 1492 he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain in the Santa Maria with 87 men aboard the Pinta and Nina ships alongside him hoping to find a new route to India. Between 1492 and 1504 he made a total of 4 voyages. He was granted the title Admiral of the Ocean sea in april 1492. The period between quatercentenary celebrations of columbus’s achievements in 1892-93 and the quincentenary saw great advances in columbus scholarships. There were a numerous amount

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    Was Magellan Worth Saving?

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    Was Magellan Worth Saving? Magellan was not worth saving because his men did not respect him as a leader‚ he did not care for nor show a decent level of respect to his men‚ and he lost sight of the task of bringing spices back to Spain. In the late Middle Ages the craving for foreign spices grew in Europeans. The ‘spice islands’ where all of the desired spices were cultivated was in distant Asia‚ making them hard to get for the eastern continent of Europe (BE). Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480

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    Jacquin and transported them to Martinique. In 1655‚ the slave ship‚ Witte Paard‚ arrived in New York with 391 slaves. From 1607 to 1650‚ how many voyages listed the principle region of slave landing in Mainland North America? 1 In what year did it arrive with slaves? 1628 What was the name of the vessel? Good Fortune How many slave voyages were listed for the years 1514 to 1607? 455 How many slaves were disembarked after the United States banned the slave trade in 1808? (Use the date range

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