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    Geographical Discoveries

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    Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans

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    The Crusades: Failure

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    Theodore R. Griffiths HIS 101 Essay #1 The Crusades as a whole were an obvious failure‚ yet regardless of the lack of gain from such expeditions‚ Europe still moved forth within their own boundaries. The First Crusade was a shining victory‚ taking Jerusalem out of Muslim control and achieving mass popularity with the people of Europe. Thanks to the achievement of the first Crusade‚ one of the results was the Templars‚ or Knights of the Temple‚ which created safe routes between Europe and the crusaders

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    Republic of Genoa which now is referred to as Italy. When he was in his twenties he then moved and resided in Lisbon‚ Portugal‚ then later moved into Spain and he lived out the rest of his life there. He was famous for being an Italian explorer and navigator. In the space of 1492 and 1504 he made a total of four voyages to the Caribbean and to South America. He has also been recognized for opening the Americas to European colonization. There is a lot of opinions about Christopher Columbus discovering

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    About Compass's Invention

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    board the spoon would spin around until the handle was pointing north (Icanberry 1). His spoon was made from what we know today as lodestone. The spoon was able to spin around because of the long handle and rounded bottom. Elmer Sperry‚ an American navigator‚ invented the gyrocompass‚ a widely used tool. This device worked anywhere on Earth‚ day or night. When it points northward‚ it hold that positioning because it uses a spinning wheel set in gimbals called a gyroscope. William Gilbert‚ an Englishman

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    Corel Draw

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    symmetrical and smooth. *C – cusp *Alt – to reposition the node before you actually drop it. *Ctrl – contains the curves to 15 degree angles. Panning options available while drawing with the Bezier Tool 1. Drag 2. Scroll (zoom out then in) 3. N (navigator) 4. Alt + arrows 5. One-shot hand 6. Scroll bar Things you can do with Bezier Tool 1. Trace Bitmap 2. Draw curves 3. Edit Bezier Pen Tool - A variation of Bezier Tool - Used to draw straight lines and curves - Lines and curves are

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    Samuel De Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain‚ on the border of northern New York state and Vermont‚ named in 1609) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World. In 1603‚ Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont’s expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay

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    European Exploration

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    should already know is Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was an important explorer because he was famous for discovering the New World‚ but Christopher Columbus died thinking he had reached the Indies. Another one was Prince Henry (the Navigator). Prince Henry created a school for the navigation. Christopher Columbus and Prince Henry are two of the many explorers that I mentioned. There are a lot of nations that led the exploration drive and their motives are. The motives of the famous

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    The Lesson of the Cliff

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    taught a life lesson he will never forget. The scenario then shifted to Morton in a 1945 war‚ he was to fly a reconnaissance plan over enemy territory. Morton worried about this situation that he could sleep‚ all he could think of was him and his navigator running into enemy territory. Morton then remembered his fathers words of taking it one step at a time and succeed in the mission. This article was a clear sense of inspiration to me. Morton used advise from his father to become a survivor even in

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    Hechler 1 of 10 " " " " " " " Political Science 12 The Expansion of Supreme Powers Austin Hechler University of California Santa Barbara " " " " " " " " " " " " Hechler 2 of 10 Expansion of the Supreme Power How can it be that the President of the United States is no longer “The Most Powerful man on the Earth?” According to Steve Forbes‚ Vladimir Putin of Russia has captured that pinnacle position due to his recent ability to successfully

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    The American Civil War was‚ as all wars are‚ affected not only by the men fighting on the battlefield‚ but by the women who served on the home front‚ in military hospitals‚ and occasionally next to men on the battlefield. Just as women influenced the war‚ the war changed the world in which the women lived. The women’s rights movement began shortly before the Civil War‚ and continued through the war‚ growing stronger as women were touched by the war‚ and longed for rights equal to men. Women supported

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