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    From 1403 to about 1492 China participated in numerous voyages led by Zheng He‚ the leader of their maritime operations‚ including the visiting of 37 countries and traveling through the Atlantic Ocean around the tip of Africa and beyond Europe (pg 202). Countries such as Ceylon‚ India‚ and the Persian Gulf were a few of their stops along the way. These voyages proved that China was the supreme world sea power whose shipbuilding techniques and navigational abilities were unmatched by any other nation

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    suffered was legal damage. 2. SHIP’S NAME AND NATIONAL CHARACTER Substantial accuracy in name and national character of ship is a condition of contact of affreightment. It will amount to breach when a ship chartered with a nationality during its voyage change its flag. The nationality of the vessel as stated in the charter may be a condition; e.g. in time of war‚ when nationality is important circumstances. 3. WHEREABOUTS OF SHIP

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    Have the students create a time line of when Columbus was born‚ until he died. Include important dates in Columbus’ life like the following: the day he set sail for his first voyage‚ the day he landed‚ the day he returned to Spain‚ dates of other voyages‚ etc. 4. At the conclusion of the reader’s theater‚ have the students complete a character sketch of Columbus. Include his origin‚ his characteristic of endurance‚ his characteristic of pride and not letting

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    of 15‚ and having to leave your homeland. The lifestyles and conditions of crops and your homeland are extremely poor. So you and your family decide what’s best for them‚ to immigrate to a new homeland called "America." You are sent on a two week voyage on the steerage of a ship‚ surrounded by illnesses‚ you are starving‚ tired‚ sad‚ and just can’t wait any longer. All you have is your aunt‚ and once you arrive in America‚ it isn’t what you expected it to be. You work 10 hours a day‚ 7 days a week

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    The Voyage to the New World Table of Contents The introduction…………….….………………..……….2 The Mayflower Compact………...………....……3 The Voyage on the Mayflower..….…….….4 The Plymouth Colony…..……...…………..………5 The Conclusion…………………..……………………..……6 1 Introduction The pilgrims started out in England. Due to the religions in England‚ the pilgrims moved to the Netherlands to follow their own religions. ‘‘In September 1620‚ a merchant

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    Christopher Columbus

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    would not give him the ships needed for his voyage. Finally Columbus went to the king and queen of Spain; King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He asked them for money to try out his idea of traveling west to reach the East. Queen Isabella refused Columbus at first. Later King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus three ships‚ a crew of about ninety men‚ and some money. The three ships were the Niña‚ Pinta‚ and Santa María. On August 2‚ 1492 the voyage began. Some thought the world was flat‚ and

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    October 31‚ 1451 and died on May 20‚ 1506 at age 54. His father‚ Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother’s name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus first went to sea as a teen getting involved in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean seas. Christopher Columbus’s first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 almost ended his life as the ship he was sailing with was attacked by French privateers off the coast of Portugal. Columbus’s ship was burned and destroyed and Columbus had to swim to

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    Some of the world’s strongest powers today started out colonizing in America. The entire race to colonize in the new world started with Christopher Columbus’s desire to find a shorter route to India. Since then‚ Spain and Britain seized the opportunity to colonize in the new world for their countries gain or to simply start over. The English and Spanish colonies were able to flourish in the new world even though they differed in motives for colonization and social layout; yet both colonies were similar

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    Joseph Conrad‚ original name Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski (born Dec. 3‚ 1857‚ Berdichev‚ Ukraine‚ Russian Empire [now Berdychiv‚ Ukraine]—died Aug. 3‚ 1924‚ Canterbury‚ Kent‚ Eng.)‚ English novelist and short-story writer of Polish descent‚ whose works include the novels Lord Jim (1900)‚ Nostromo(1904)‚ and The Secret Agent (1907) and the short story “Heart of Darkness” (1902). During his lifetime Conrad was admired for the richness of his prose and his renderings of dangerous life at sea and

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    Pacific Navigation

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    world like Captain James Cook who used navigation tools like sextant and radars to navigate the Pacific. On the other hand‚ Polynesia was explored around 1000 years ago by navigators who used the waves‚ stars‚ and the flights of birds to set their voyage and travel through the Pacific Ocean. “In hand-built‚ double-hulled canoes sixty feet long‚ the ancestors of today ’s Polynesians sailed across a vast ocean area‚ larger than Europe and North America combined”. There was a documentary made by anthropologist/filmmaker

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