Christopher Wren

Henry David Thoreau, an American journalist, has lived quite an eccentric lifestyle. He decided to leave the comfort of urbanization and live a solitary life in the woods for two years so that he can become self-sufficient and, in his words, experience everything and anything–and that includes living in the most natural form: away from the cities and farms and depend on nature and nature alone. The answers and enthusiastic revelations he had reached are the result of living without the…

Caribbean Encounters Essay At the beginning of the 1600s the natives of the new world started having encounters with the Europeans. Europeans had never seen a culture like that of the natives. They hardly wore any clothes, and they worshipped nature. It was very astonishing to the Europeans. Upon hearing of this, Spanish friars were sent to convert the natives. Two of these friars, Ramon Pané and Bartolomé de las Casas, documented their experiences in the new world and with the natives. A Dutch…

Hello Moose Hunters, Hope you are having a lovely cold, snowy, and wintery day. Now, you may be wondering why I am standing up in front of you about to talk about Chris McCandless and his death, but I would like to inform you that after weeks of research, I am proud to share my well developed ideas regarding McCandless’s trip. By reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Civil Disobedience and Walking by Thoreau, Self Reliance by Emerson, and various other texts from newspapers such as the New…

Causes of the European Age of Exploration Prior to the Age of Exploration, many innovations were made in maritime technologies that made this era possible. Significantly, compasses were created by the Chinese at around 1000 C.E. in order to improve upon navigational techniques. The caravel ship was developed by the Portuguese as they began their conquest of exploration. In the 13th century, the Mongols lost control of land in central Asia that included that of the Silk Road. Without oversight…

TITLE Peru’s Colca Canyon : The Make or Break Survival Guide LEAD PARAGRAPH A crack in Peru’s southern Andes, Colca Canyon emerges as one of the country's emphatic geological features. Travelers of all kind—wayfarers to those who own the sunglasses—make their way down the dusty trail to see colorful panoramas, and sprawling wildlife. It’s the third most visited sight in Peru, so chances are, you will want to see what it’s all about. Deciding how many days you want to spend, how fast you want…

It was right for the settlers to take the native americans land in order to move west ward because the native americans can´t be subjected by other society, they did a great job to rebel themselves with Europeans. At the end of the 15th century, the Europeans emigrated and decided to move to America without any type of authorization. Even though Europe helped and brought to the Native American lands many things that they had not discovered before like horses, chocolate, better defense…

The ideology of Manifest Destiny, of America’s God-given right to stretch from sea to shining sea, played (and still does play, in a way) a huge role in American introspection and movement toward the west. It pushed an extreme mentality and idea that reflected the country’s want and need to grow and expand beyond current territories, as well as shaped the American mindset of what constituted as “American.” All of the uncharted, undocumented land that existed within the nation’s borders acted as…

Magellan’s Voyage BOOK REPORT Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer and famous for his circumnavigation the world. He was a soldier for eight years serve the Portuguese fleet in Indian Ocean. The entire voyage created a couple of life changing reasons. It created trade troops and revealed the true scale of the earth. It took Ferdinand Magellan five years of planning whether to make his dream into reality. On September 21, 1519, the circumnavigation began from Spain to unknown place. The…

The Europeans wanted an alternate route to India for the spice trade. So, Christopher Columbus pitched an idea to king Fernidand and Queen Isabella of Spain to fund an expedition to find to move to the spice-rich East. Instead, Columbus land in the Bahamas and the new world was discovered. Instead of making communications with the natives, the Spanish took over and exported massive riches and resources in the name of the Spanish crown. Seeing as Jake is human, he can't just go to the knee,…

In Zuazo's report to Guillaume de Croy, written in 1517, Zuazo complains about the large death toll of the native Caribbean population, which seems like he is following in the Friar's footsteps in 1511 to stand up for the natives' rights. However, this view of the report does not take into account Zuazo's bias and goal in sending the letter to the King and his Lords. Although, on the surface of Zuazo's report, it might seem like this Spanish settler demonstrates genuine concern for the Native…