Cartography

The initial idea of the architectural concept began from the square shape, which is found in the views and plans in the Tafresh architecture. Then all sizes and slabs were designed on the plan and faces and squared volume to provide the basis for the design of a doctor's memorabilia. By creating a level difference between square platforms with an area of 400 square meters and space, we tried to turn the steep slope of the site into an opportunity for visitors to be able to calmly access the…

Another theory can be that people saw dinosaurs or unearthed dinosaur bones. The notion that people have seen these creatures is highly unlikely, due the fact that humanity could have never walk the Earth at the same time as dinosaur. Dinosaur roomed the Earth approximately 235 million years ago, becoming extinct some 65 million years ago. The earliest recorded dragon legend was around 5,000 years ago. In Dragons or Dinosaur: creation or evolution, author Darek Isaacs (2010), he (and other…

The Great Frontier, defined as embracing all the new lands discovered and occupied by Europeans after the fifteenth century, has been a determining factor in modern Western civilization. Webb, W. P. (1964). The Great Frontier. During the Age of Exploration, started in the XV century and concluded in the XVII, increased overseas exploration and improved naval ships and navigation methods that created new trade routes and trade partners. It was a time of unprecedented…

Italian exploration based on archaeological findings along the places visited by their ancestor. On the other hand, Abu Raihan al-Biruni, a Muslim scientist who was born in Uzbekistan and mastered mathematics, astronomy, mineralogy, geography, cartography,…

The idea of a renaissance man was created during the renaissance humanism. This considered man the center of the universe. This led to many individuals testing their knowledge and wanting to embrace and learn more. This was known as the Renaissance Man, although many could fit the description, Leonardo da Vinci is the best known, although this was a concept many years ago it is still possible to be one today. During the renaissance time periods a person who had many talents and was well educated…

Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in 1485 in Val di Greve, near Florence, Italy. Giovanni was educated in cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics, and seamanship. Francis the first of France grew concerned because France was falling behind in the expedition of the West. In 1523 King Francis the first commissioned Giovanni da Verrazzano to explore the coast of the new world from Newfoundland to Florida for the purpose of finding a trade route via ship to the Pacific Ocean. After agreeing to…

Historically, decorative drawings of heraldic dolphins and sea monsters were frequently used to illustrate maps, such as the Carta marina. This practice died away with the advent of modern cartography. Nevertheless, stories of sea monsters and eyewitness accounts which claim to have seen these beasts persist to this day. Such sightings are often cataloged and studied by folklorists and cryptozoologists. Sea serpent reported by Hans Egede, Bishop of Greenland, in 1734. Sea monster accounts are…

Muhammad T. Haidery ENG4U7-01 322434838 Mr. Glen Wednesday October 14th, 2015 Word count: 896 An Analyzation of a Chosen Passage from Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family “The shapes [of Ceylon] differ so much they seem to be translations … growing from mythic shapes into eventual accuracy” (Ondaatje, 45). Throughout Running in the Family, Michael Ondaatje’s quest to uncover his Ceylonese heritage and Ceylon itself, has grown from myths, rumours and led to “eventual accuracy” (45). The…

intrigued us since the 1500s is the entire earth itself- more specifically how the continents came to be configured this way. As the technology for exploration advanced in the 1500-1600s, more explorers had the opportunity to map the globe. As the cartography of the earth came into its final fruition for the time, people noticed some strange things. “the Atlantic coasts of Africa and South America, although separated thousands of miles, seem as though they could fit together” (Continents: A…

and many pertain to the time that he lived in and their problems in . Mario always told a deeper story in his books, based on his view of a situation of something that he feels is wrong in the government. Mario won the nobel prize in 2010 his ‘cartography of structures of power & his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat". Mario Was born on March 28,1936 in Arequipa, Peru. Arequipa is Peru's second largest city behind the Lima District. He spent his life living in…