Caribbean Sea

The country of Honduras announced their independence from the Central American Federation in 1838. Their economy instantly began struggling to develop. It wasn't until Marco Aurelio became president that Honduras began to see improvements. The area in Honduras that benefited the most from this was the Atlantic costal region of Honduras because the people began to grow and export bananas. This use of agriculture allowed the country to begin to expand and develop. The trading led to improved ports…

endowed by the government with specific powers and granted generous rights in the colonial areas (Curtin 78). Private actors therefore helped the government to stem the enormous financial efforts which were necessary to colonize the world beyond the sea. Trading companies for example were licensed to claim land in the name of His or Her Majesty but usually had the right to exploit all commercial possibilities in these lands. The government also granted monopolies to single slave trading…

During this time, slavery in the Caribbean was a popular topic in Europe. Countries such as England and France benefited from the morally destitute system that were hidden of domestic civility. Europe remained primarily ignorant and unaware of what their economic system entailed during the…

(Uoles). Author, Ralph Lee Woodward tells us that: Honduras is in Central America, situated between Guatemala and San Salvador to the west and Nicaragua to the south and east. The Caribbean Sea washes its northern coast, the Pacific Ocean its narrow coast to the south. Its area includes the offshore Caribbean department of the Bay Islands. (Woodward) In 1821, Honduras won independence from Spain and they joined the Central America Federation until they split off and became their own…

Kolbert wrote an article to substantiate the many questionings on Columbus and she states that the, “notion of discovery, was being reevaluated” (206). The history and the philosophy that has been taught on Christopher Columbus’s exploration of the sea that led to the discovery of America. Contrary to what has been demonstrated in the teachings about Columbus in the past, further investigation…

family and I go on cruises through the Caribbean every year. It is one of my favorite vacations because of the many activities available and the different places you can see. Even though we enjoy cruises very much, we always seem to complain about the scheduled dinner and show times. We often miss the six- o'clock dinner time because we like to make our own schedule on vacations, instead of always having a deadline to stick to. Caribbean vacations by land or sea, give you the perfect relaxing…

Where are you from? I’m from Jamaica, the land of white sand beaches. Jamaica is a mountainous island. It is also located in the Caribbean Sea. I lived there for eleven years and it was always fun. Majority of Jamaicans are descendants of africans. Even though most are descendants of africans there people who are descendants of indians, chinese and eastern europeans. Some of the things I love about Jamaica is: the white sand beaches, the people and the history. Jamaica’s white sand…

In Belize, November 19th is a national holiday whereby we celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day. This day represents the landing of the people who were African descendants that migrated from the Caribbean islands. It was then that their ancestors, who had been forced out of Honduras, touched base in the territory to join the little band that had effectively settled in the town of Stann Creek. In the town of Dangriga, the center of Belize's Garifuna community, there is a service held on Settlement…

o The Spanish Conquistadores • Spain took credit for Columbus’s discovery with the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 that split up the “heathen lands” of the New World with Portugal • Portugal had land in Africa, Asia, and areas that are now Brazil • Spanish conquistadores or conquers explored the Americas for God, gold, and glory in the 1500s • Vasco Nuñez Balboa found the Pacific Ocean in 1513 • Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe during his travels from 1519 to 1522 •…

multiple times to reach the destination but, others may beg to differ. Over millions of immigrant travel to America for a better life. It not just the people of Mexico or Cuba that travel great distant to be in America. There are people from the Caribbean islands to African and so forth. Every human in the United States should be consider as an immigrant because our ancestors wasn’t established in United States; unless you are naïve Americans. The United States is a nation of immigrants but the…