Christopher Cox

In the 1710’s also known as the “golden age of piracy” One of the most notorious of pirates was Edward Teach better known as “Blackbeard”. Edward Teach was from Bristol, England this town produced many pirates. At the time privateering was legalized. British government allowed private ships to attack enemy ships. When the war ended Edward Teach lost his livelihood. In 1717 he stole a ship for himself and his crew. The name of his ship was the ”Queen Anne’s Revenge”. Blackbeard put 40 cannons on…

Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer and the first explorer to set foot in North America. De Leon was one of the many people to influence Florida, as we know it today. De Leon is a highly recognized for being Florida’s first resident and governor. Ponce de Leon was a Spanish Explorer who was born in 1460. He sailed to Florida from Puerto Rico in 1513. Shortly thereafter, de Leon and his crew arrived at Florida’s east coast, near St. Augustine. He claimed the land for Spain and called it La…

The Columbian Exchange was a period of globalized trade between the New World and the Old World. The components of trade included the exchange of ideas, disease, food crops and populations between the New and Old Worlds.1, which was driven by European colonialism in the Americas. In our patterns up close section we are given an argument based on this exchange that explains how Europe was the clear winner in this global exchange.2 We, as an audience, should embrace what is being said in this…

In John Krakauer’s “Into the Wild,” Chris McCandless set out on an odyssey into the American wilderness, and eventually the Alaskan bush, in the 1990s. Throughout McCandless’s journey, he reflected on himself and on society through books. Much of this literature he read is centered towards the lifestyle that comes with living in the wild. In some of the books he read, McCandless highlighted passages he believed to be noteworthy. Most, if not all, of these passages reflected his life,…

Chris McCandless was tired with society and seeked an escape from it. He did this by heading into the wild to become more in tune with himself and find the meaning of happiness. I agree with the author that Chris was not a crazy sociopath, or an outcast, as he always seemed to be around company on his journey to Alaska, but he was not as competent as the author, Jon Krakauer, believed he is. Chris was not happy with the way life was going so he set out on a journey from Georgia all the way…

Henry Smith Research Paper Ferdinand Magellan Introduction Paragraph: Thesis Ferdinand Magellan was a very effective leader. Magellan was a smart man who always knew what to do, he was able to make the hard choices in tough situations, and he cared for his crew members and their well-being. Background Information Magellan was born in 1480 into a wealthy Portuguese family, but it was not for Portugal that he set forth on his famous around the world expedition, it was for Spain. In 1517…

JJ Abrams is a very popular director in today's cinema and widely considered as an auteur. He has helped rejuvenate the Sci-Fi genre in many ways. First off if you have seen any of JJ Abrams movies or TV series’s they all have one major similarity which is; whatever you think is going to happen next, something entirely different will happen, as the case in Lost. Also all of JJ Abrams work have been strongly character driven something that doesn’t always appear in movies, especially in the…

Pedro Álvares Cabral was not just an amazing explorer, but the founder of brazil too. When he set foot on the “new land” he named the new land the Inland of the true cross but later the named changed to Brazil due to dyewood found in paulo-Brazil. Before all that, another explorer Vasco Da Gama was tired after he did an returned from another expedition to India so instead ,Pedro Álvares Cabral took the expedition to the “new” expedition . The King wanted to take the advantage of the new trade…

Shakespeare’s Relevance to 9th Grade Curriculum William Shakespeare is perhaps one of the most iconic English language writers to ever live. With his use of highly profound and intellectual wording, his work is widely looked up upon. Shakespeare has influenced the English language by extending it’s standards to what it previously was. His work as a whole has also helped those to go beyond the call of duty. Through this, Shakespeare’s work should be continued through 9th grade curriculum. First…

“It is not only capable to defend it self against any invasion, ... But if occasion be, to offend the most potent of its neighbors.[ The Present State of Jamaica with the Life of the Great Columbus the First Discoverer : To Which Is Added an Exact Account of Sir Hen. Morgan’s Voyage To, and Famous Siege and Taking of Panama from the Spaniards. Early English Books, 1641-1700 / 574:21. (London : Printed by Fr. Clark for Tho. Malthus ..., 1683., 1683) P???? ]” This is a description of the island…