COLOMBUS’S LETTER ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE *Summary* * 33 days he crossed from the Canary Islands to the Indies. * The first Island that he found‚ he named “San Salvador”; although the Indians called it “Guanahani”. * The second Island‚ he named “Santa María de Concepción”. * The third “Fernandina”. * The fourth “Isabela”. * The fifth “Juana”. And‚ definitely‚ all of them he renamed. Cuba: there were only small groups of houses whose inhabitants fled as soon as Columbus
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Gods as he attempted to ride Pegasus to Mount Olympus and Zeus sent an insect to sting Pegasus and Bellerophon was thrown back. Pegasus found sanctuary on the sacred mountain‚ where he carried Zeus’ thunderbolts and was ridden by Eos‚ the goddess of dawn. Under his feet sprang the sacred springs of the Muses on Mount Helicon. Many cultures‚ religions‚ and pieces of literature contain similar magical horses. The Buraq‚ according to Islamic tradition‚ is a creature from the heavens that carried
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extra ordinarily high number of disappearances of ships‚ aeroplanes and people compared to any other region in the sea or ocean. The first notable sources of strange experiences in the region can be traced back to the 15th century. In one of his many voyages while in this region in 1492‚ Christopher Columbus reported cases of strange fire balls crushing into the ocean and compass malfunctions. Some have approximated the figures of disappearances in the last one hundred years as one hundred ships and planes
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companions. Fate plays a pessimistic role in his life and in spite of having possessed good human qualities of sincerity‚ honesty and adjustment‚ he meets a tragic end. Since Arun has been a victim of nauseating care‚ he too believes in escapism to attain his lost identity. Emotionally starved‚ he disappears into the abyss of anonymity in America‚ the land of liberty. On comparing the Indian and American culture‚ he finds that if children in India are over-protected‚ in America they are left too
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Collocations | Tell me who you go with and I’ll tell you who you are. | What is a collocation? A familiar grouping of words‚ especially words that habitually appear together and thereby convey meaning by association. Collocational range refers to the set of items that typically accompany a word. The size of a collocational range is partially determined by a word’s level of specificity and number of meanings. A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just
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CONTENTS: 1. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 4 2. PLOT SUMMARY 6 3. MAIN CHARACTERS 8 4. MOTIVES and SYMBOLS 13 4.1. MOTIVES 13 4.2. SYMBOLS 15 5. SUMMARY 18 6. LITERATURE 19 1. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Jonathan Swift‚ son of the English lawyer Jonathan Swift the elder‚ was born in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ on November 30‚ 1667. He grew up there in the care of his uncle before attending Trinity College at the age of fourteen‚ where he stayed for seven years‚ graduating in 1688. In that year‚ he became the secretary
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The desire to explore the unknown has been a driving force in human history since the dawn of time. From the earliest documented accounts‚ ancient civilizations have explored the world around them. Early adventures were motivated by religious beliefs‚ a desire for conquest‚ the need for trade‚ and an unsatisfying hunger for gold. The great Age of Exploration‚ beginning in the late 1400s‚ was an important era in the discovery and development of lands yet unknown to the Europeans. During this period
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A Legacy of Perseverance The dawn of 1858 marked the beginning of continuing Chinese immigration from their native country to the expanses of British North America that would soon form the current Canada. The initial wave of Chinese settler to settle in Canada were inspired by various pull and push factors. Negative factors pushed the Chinese people away from their native homes while foreign forces pulled them towards another country. The push factors‚ like wars and floods in China‚ made it extremely
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unfortunately not actually made by the Vikings. The Viking culture was a primitive one of agriculture‚ hunting‚ and fishing. Families lived on farms together and were a tight knit labor force. During sowing time‚ the men would all work together from before dawn until after dark to tend to the field‚ and the women would work on providing the daily necessities‚ such as food‚ clothes‚ and cleaning. The wife would also occasionally
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After years of construction and work‚ the Titanic was finally ready for her maiden voyage. The beginning of her voyage was to take place on the morning of April 10‚ of 1912 at approximately 10:00am. The firs of Titanic passengers began to board the ship. Most of these passengers were British residents who had journeyed to Titanic by means of transportation either that a boat train. The real precipitance came when the boat train arrived. People rich or poor were scattered all aver Southampton’s bay
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