The reason people went on this voyage is because they might have had older siblings that inherited their parents land and money so they went over to America to get land. There were 3 ships and 144 men on the first voyage. The ship names were Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. They traveled across the atlantic ocean to get to America. The colonist named it Jamestown Island to honor the king.…
His ships were huge and took a lot of time, money, and people to build and run the ships. During his adventure He never traveled to America, although people say that he opened China up to trading. Zheng He was the first overseas Chinese explorer. His fleet and ships were amazingly large.…
He was trying to go to all around the world heading west and find a shorter route to Asia. Columbus was never going to make it to Asia. He believed that he found a new country. Columbus knew the world was round, and he was trying to go far east. When Columbus made it to the Bahamas, he basically said he seen a light during the evening.…
Columbus wrongfully assumed his trip would take him to Japan, but he found himself in America. However, the exploration and discovery opened a route between the East and the West Hemisphere. Another voyage, lead by Francis Drake, found the largest abundance of silver in the Andes Mountains. Trade of silver currency between Europe and the Americas began after finding the formula to extracting silver from the mountain. Columbus found a route to the Americas, and trade by silver was…
He sailed on a small, three-masted ship that was named Hopewell. As he was trying to find a northern route to Asia, he was stopped by the Great Barrier Reef. Hudson was forced to turn around, making his voyage unsuccessful. He did however, discover Whale’s Bay which started the coal mining industry. Even though Hudson had been unsuccessful the first time, he was hired by the Muscovy Company again to find the northern passage that…
John Cabot was an Italian explorer that sailed for England. In 1498 he took his second voyage to the New World with a fleet of 5 ships. He and his crew of 200 men went to find a new route to Asia that was faster than Columbus’s route. King Henry VII funded his voyage and later in time, it wasn’t enough. Later that year, the expedition reached the New World.…
“The First Voyage to Roanoke” written by Arthur Barlowe in the year 1584 is a primary source. Although there is little information known about Arthur Barlowe, history has proven that he was once a member of Sir Walter Raleigh’s household. Barlowe’s voyage lead him to land where future settlers would call Virginia and North Carolina. Barlowe writes about how perfect, sweet and plentiful the soil is. Along with all the natural resources spread amongst the land.…
Remember that day in school when your history teacher said Christopher Columbus discovered America? Well, they were wrong. Christopher Columbus was a Genoese sailor who wanted to find a western route to the Indies. He made four voyages, each taking him to different locations in the Caribbean. He sailed under Spain and his voyages were sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.…
Henry Hudson was an educated English explorer and navigator believed to be born “in 1570, in Hoddersdon, Hertfordshire, northwest of London” (Quezzaire). Hudson probably served in the Muscovy Company when he was young due to his family’s high prestige in the Muscovy Company. In the late 1500s, he got married to a woman called Katherine, and together, they had three sons: Oliver, Richard and John (softschools.com). It is believed that he had firsthand education about seafaring, and worked aboard other ships, probably as a cabin boy, before becoming a commander of his own ship in 1607 (biography.com). Hudson made four voyages during his career seeking a Northwest Passage to Asia.…
He explored Vinland in North America. When he heard rumors of new lands spotted to the West he decided to embark to this new destination with his followers. He asked his father who had been banned from Iceland for manslaughter to join the expedition because he believed him to be a lucky man , but after interpreting a fall from a horse as a bad omen, his father desisted. He was described as wise and strong with a charisma that left no one indifferent.…
Initially, Europeans were looking for an alternate route to the East Indies, China, and India. These were the connections for more luxurious goods such as spices, tea, and silk. At the time, nobody had realized how big the world actually was. Many, even explorers that traveled to study the land, were under the impression that the world pretty much only included Africa, Asia, India, Europe, and all the other countries around those main areas. Christopher Columbus decided to sail West to try and reach India and China without having to go all the way around Africa.…
The next year he went on another expedition for the fabled Northeast Passage. Sadly he only made it to Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, north of Russia. He couldn’t go any further because of ice and returned to England without accomplishing his goal. Hudson joined the Dutch East India Company as a commander, in 1609.…
He sailed farther north than any European sailer of that time. Hudson and his crew shot a walrus for food to stay alive. He was courageous to go on all the voyages he did. He wanted to make observations of land he might find.…
He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts and was one of the Founding Fathers of U.S. He was a printer, scientist, politician,author postmaster, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. He is best known for his work and electrical theory. His father, Josiah was a Candle Maker and had 17 children because he was married twice. Ben work as an apprentice in his older brother’s print shop.…
Throughout the entirety of Henry IV Part 1, by William Shakespeare, there is an emphasis on father-son relationships. The main protagonist, Hal, and the main antagonist, Hotspur, are both young men and as such they are still learning from their respective father figures. In Hal’s case, both Falstaff and his biological father King Henry IV, and for Hotspur, Northumberland. Each relationship has its merits and faults, and its own intricacies not seen in any of the other bonds. Though the the plot centers mainly around Hal and the king, each out these links are integral to understanding what happened and why.…