Christopher Nolan

across the seas in large ships that carried crew members, goods, and wealth. These ships navigated the ocean by using toois like the compass, chip log, astrolabe, cross staff, and many more. With the compass, one of the explorers of the 1500's, Christopher Columbus, noticed that north on the compass was not actually true north. He used this to predict his arrival in America. A chip log was a circle of wood that was attached to a line on a reel, Knots were tied at intervals along the line, and…

Retrieval Chart Use LibGuides. Question Research points Reference Details Who were they? brief biographical details (when and where they were born etc.)? • St Teresa (Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) • Is a saint of sickness • Born in Avila, Spain on 28th March 1515. • Both parents were pious Catholics and supported Teresa to take up a life of prayer • Mystic – claims to have seen God • When young Teresa showed signs of a religious nature • Reformed a convent life of nuns. • Encouraged…

mind when you hear the oh so famous Christopher Columbus? Perhaps the date 1492? Or maybe him sailing the ocean blue? Whatever it maybe it many not be the whole truth. Our high school history classes are not giving us the truth about certain historical events; for example Christopher Columbus and the Spaniards sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to find gold, spices, and new land. However, that's not all he acquire on his quest. In 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail to find gold and…

The most famous play of William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, resembles the acts of deception, dishonesty, violence, as well as the philosophical challenge to learn the moral of the story. Although the play is written during a time of religious reformation, the play can be addressed through the plot and characters; however, the play is against the standard of Biblical truth. Romeo and Juliet does not represent the emphasis on Biblical standards. One of the main evil aspects that stand…

of his story. He had a dream and he risked everything, up to and including his life, to achieve it. Life can be incredibly overwhelming at times and to be able to find the peace that Christopher found, even if that peace only lasts four months, would be nothing short of incredible. I want to live my life as Christopher McCandless did. I want to recognize my dreams and stop at nothing to achieve them. We…

The establishment of both Spain and England in Americas started with one sole person; Cristopher Columbus, an explorer who founded the Americas in 1492, when he stumbled upon one of the Bohemian islands. From then on out Spain started settlements, more specifically in North America, by Ponce De Leon, and eventually the English came around to claim land as well sometime in 1589. Although both parties went to the Americas for similar motives they were quite different in their tactics to achieve…

The word “discovery” is not longer used when discussing the European exploration in North America. While this vast and beautiful land was seemingly vacant, it belonged to millions of indian societies scattered throughout the continent. North and South America were not vacant scraps of land; free for conquistadors to take from the Indians. This land was home to millions of indian societies some of which were the Aztecs, Incas, and Mound Builders. They had established roads, buildings, irrigation…

I, Christopher Columbus, am being charged with the murder and mistreatment of the Taino Indians. I have apparently enslaved the natives, inflicted harm, and even sliced their hands off. All of which is not true. These charges are completely absurd. I have never done so to the Taino natives. I even found them very “trustworthy and liberal with everything they had”. Not to mention, I was also deeply saddened when I noticed my men would trade broken plates for the unwitting Taino Indians’ gold. “I…

The Parisian “Exposition Universelle” of 1889, held to commemorate the storming of the Bastille, mesmerized the world with its artistic and architectural elegance. America, on the other hand, exhibited a humiliatingly lifeless and motley arrangement. Intent on redemption, America, lead by architect Daniel H. Burnham, organized the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or the World’s Columbian Exposition, to honor the quadricentennial of Columbus’s “discovery” of America. To establish whether the fair led…

for his discovery on October 10th by annually celebrating Columbus Day. Charles Lindbergh, born in 1902 was an all American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist who changed America’s view on aviation forever. Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh are well-known for their famous expeditions. However, they differed in what they each hoped to achieve, challenges they faced, and the skills essential to their success.…