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    Christopher Columbus’ voyages. There is a letter that he might have written that indicated that he sailed through the west Indies and central America. It also said that he “discovered” Venezuela before Christopher Columbus did. If this is true then it means that Christopher Columbus was not the first to discover the new world.  It would be Vespucci. The letters that he wrote were sent to the Medici’s‚ but some people believe it to be fake. May 10‚ 1497‚ he embarked on his first voyage. The letters indicated

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    inhabited by natives but he got credit because Europe was advanced state and the natives were not. After he found the america’s next that came was colonization and conquest through the new land. The reason for his voyage was in search for riches

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    youth‚ and various other reasons. Christopher Columbus‚ Ponce de León‚ and John Cabot made a huge impact with their voyages to the new world; their discoveries later helped the establishment of new colonies in North America. Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian‚ went on four voyages between the years of 1492 and 1504. He had three ships: the Niña‚ Pinta‚ and Santa María. On his first voyage in 1492‚ he left Spain and thought he could reach East Asia sailing west through the Atlantic Ocean. He did not believe

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    His patron King João dies‚ and the new king Manuel I mistrusts him. On his voyage to India he demonstrates his valor in combat. He is involved in the Portuguese struggle for dominance in North Africa 1513. Magellan is Quixote-like. His legal problems‚ and rejection by the king. His friend and cosmologer Ruy Faleiro jointly promote a voyage to seek the Spice Islands. He emigrates to Spain 1517‚ becomes a subject of Charles I. The high tensions between

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    Exotic Adventures Inc. The Amazon River Voyage Executive Summary Exotic Adventures Inc. is a company dedicated to provide customers with expedition style voyages. Their primary products are trips to the Polar Regions but because these are done just in the summer time‚ they also offer trips to the Amazon River during other times of the year. Voyages go from Brazil to Peru and are done during high water season. Suggestions from naturalists plus extensive research made them include trips to

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    multiple anonymous Arab storytellers. The excerpt recounts the story of a character named Sinbad’s first merchant voyage‚ out of the seven total voyages he took. The story was written in a time where trade was booming and merchants in Iraq were especially fortunate being able to trade from the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. The story starts out with Sinbad talking about how he began the voyage‚ with him auctioning off the remainder of patrimony and setting off on a merchant vessel with what he had left

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    Liability Insurance – This is the insurance which is utilized when the insured suffers losses due to liability to third party. This liability may be caused due to risks such as collision of ships or any other similar causality that may take place in voyage. Types of Marine Insurance Policies There are various types of marine insurance policies that the assured can opt for: Time Policy- This policy is taken for a time period of usually one

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    15th/16th century was Sir Francis Drake. Not only was he the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe‚ but his voyages helped create a more accurate picture of the world‚ which can help us greatly and helped the Tudors in England at the time‚ who only argued that the world was flat and did not know all the countries present‚ whom Drake saw and studied himself through his voyages. Also he founded the first English colony in the new world‚ which was the Roanoke Island off the coast of the Carolinas

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    Christopher Columbus had an idea for a voyage in search for trade routes to Asia. The only problem with his plan was that he had no money. He asked everyone with the money to fund his trip. However‚ everyone he encountered‚ declined. That was until he reached the presence of Queen Isabella and

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    in 1451. Before Christopher dies he went on four voyages and married to Filipa Moniz Perestrelo in 1479. Christopher died in Valladolid‚ Spain on May 20‚ 1506. Christopher columbus had 3 ships names. Santa Maria‚ Pinta and Nina. Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the America’s in 1492. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer hired by Spain to reach Asia in 1491. Instead he discovered a continent‚ and in four voyages explored the West Indies from 1492 to 1502. His

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