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The 16th-century Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a governor of an province in New Spain (Mexico), when he heard about the so-called Seven Golden Cities located in the north. In 1540, Coronado led a Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now known as the southwestern United States. The explorers didn't findn what they were looking for but they did find something Grand! In the begging Franciso was Born in circa in 1510 into a noble family in…

attack and invade the North and East coast of Australia security. After the Fall of Singapore to the Japanese on the February 15th 1942, a major British base in the Pacific region was lost. They then moved onto the Indonesian islands, forcing thousands of Allied troops to surrender. The Japanese then took other islands in the Pacific, however they did not invade Australia. Instead they aimed to cut of their supply line with the United States of American. In an attempt to take Port Moresby by…

that destroyed a few cities. This earthquake happened in Prince Williams Sound, Alaska. It had a magnitude of 9.2, and the earthquake had the intensity of VII. The fault that the earthquake occurs make the boundary between the North American and the Pacific plate. Paragraph B During the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake a lot of buildings and properties were destroyed. The earthquake caused a tsunami and many landslides that destroyed Valdez, Anchorage, and Seward. The earthquake caused the…

of America. Hawaii is made up of eight islands. The islands are named Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, Hawaii and Kahoolawe. Honolulu is located on the southeast coast of the third largest island in Hawaii, Oahu. The city is in the North Pacific Ocean and south…

the island was turned into a major travel destination for Americans after the selling of Hawaiian culture (Honolulu). Honolulu is located in the state of Hawaii which is located on one of the major 8 islands, Oahu. Oahu is located in the northern Pacific Oceans, 2,390 miles from California and 3,390 miles from Japan (“Honolulu” Junior). “Honolulu’s foundation on the island of Oahu rest on the remains of two huge prehistoric volcanoes, Wai'anae and Ko'olau.” Honolulu's altitude ranges from sea…

Hawaii is a state with a vast economy made up of many industries. The most prominent industries include tourism, military/government, real estate, and agriculture. Not only is the state bustling with tourists, but it is a major military area with bases for the Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, and Air Force. According to Newsmax, Hawaii is “second in the nation for sugar cane production and the first in the nation for pineapple production” (Jones, 2015). The economy of Hawaii has been steadily…

The Suez Canal is a man-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. The canal was dug up through the dessert by hand. The Suez Canal became an important route in the world trade market that provided a shortcut between Europe and Asia by eliminating the long journey around the African continent. The Suez Canal is very similar to the much more known, Panama Canal. Ferdinand de Lesseps wanted the Suez Canal to be able to be used by everyone in the world…

Learned In the months following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan, the United States found itself embroiled in conflict in two theaters of war; in Europe, North Africa, and the Atlantic as well as in the Pacific. Through the preceding years, the United States cautiously escalated its support for the Allied countries in the European theater with Anglo-American partnership programs such as the Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers for Bases until war was declared…

Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that allowed for the relocation of all those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California with Japanese ancestry. Those living on the West coast were relocated to desolate places far away from the Pacific Ocean and placed in camps with other Japanese Americans. There were a few reasons for the relocation of Japanese Americans in the middle of February of 1942 and up until 1945 when some were just barely beginning to be released. The reasons…

places and people with endless possibilities. I have so much space around me to move and a perfect view of the world that keeps growing every second. Around and around, seeing the same things that end up changing. First my day starts above the Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest ocean basin with miles and miles of water going in every direction. As I travel East, I come across North America; it contains Canada and my favorite country, America. What a stunning sight it is to see, over 300…