Columbus Day

Jamestown Over 80% of colonist died in jamestown. The time was 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia life was very hard for the colonists for many reasons. The main question is why: This is the question why people died: one was the environment, the second was the native relationship, and the third was because of settler skills. One of the most important reasons people died was the environment. The worst thing that the environment caused was the tide, stopped waste from flowing out to sea (Doc A)so the…

Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Monarchs saw value in the exotic spices and other things, such as fabric and dyes, coming from Asia. But the Muslim occupation of the Eastern trade routes made it dangerous to travel to and from. In 1492, Christopher Columbus thought he could reach Asia by sea to the West, and, while trying, stumbled upon the Americas. At first, the land was seen simply as an obstacle hindering tradesmen from Asia. It wasn’t until later that the land was seen as…

The allure of gold and riches in the Atlantic World tempted Europeans to begin and exploring there, but the long journey there was no easy task. A recently developed kind of ship, the caravel, was strong, durable, fast, and maneuverable. Before the caravel was developed, ships were either strong and durable, or fast and maneuverable; because of this, the invention of the caravel was instrumental in getting Europeans to the Americas. The reason that the caravel was so much better than the ships…

Miscovich’s appearance at the bench trial was neither his first nor his last attempt to establish his claim to the emeralds, but it did represent his fullest public account of their discovery. To hear him tell it, the story started as every treasure hunt should: in a bar, with a beer, over a map and a piece of coral-encrusted clay. In January 2010, Miscovich said, a handyman who had done work for him in Pennsylvania, a guy named Mike Cunningham, had arranged a meeting at the Bull & Whistle, a…

After reading the article 1491, New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus the validity of the statement “that Indians came to the Americas across the Bering Strait about thirteen thousand years ago, that they lived for the most part in small, isolated groups, and that they had so little impact on their environment that even after millennia of habitation the continents remained mostly wilderness” is little to none at all. The only valid part of that statement is that the Indians came to the…

Q1: Who were the Vikings? http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_vikings.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArT2VOTA78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5zUK2MKNY Neil Grant. (2015). Investigate and understand the ages of the Vikings. London: Brown Bear Books. A: The Vikings were the people who lived and played a major role in Northern Europe in the middle ages. They first settled in Scandinavia. Scandinavia today is known as the countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The Vikings…

It has been widely accepted that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. There is undisputable evidence which proves that in fact, other civilizations had first sailed to the Americas. Some of those civilizations are the Viking/Norse and the Polynesians. Who was Christopher Columbus? Columbus was an Italian navigator, who sailed westward across the Atlantic, in his search of new routes to Asia. During the voyage, he indeed reached land, but it was no Asia. He landed on what is known today…

Both Native Americans and Europeans are guilty of altering the non-human world around them, using the land for food and shelter, but the extent of the changes differ, as well as their motives. Native Americans survived off of the land, hunting and growing their food, but they also held a very strong spiritual connection to it, where the Europeans saw profit, they saw a long history of culture. European alterations to the environment in the New World were more severe than the Native American’s,…

Hernando De Soto was a spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and peru and discovered the mississippi River. Hernando de soto was born C.1500. His death date was may 21,1542. His hometown was Jerez de los caballeros spain. His place of death was Ferriday, Louisiana.He came from very noble family. He was born a family manor. When de soto was young his parents wished that he would be a lawyer. But instead he wanted to an explorer. He wanted to be…

Malibu Beaches and Parks The coastline of Malibu consists of around twenty-one miles of coastline and includes various attractions. Malibu’s history starts with the Spanish explorers in California. They owned plenty of land and were followed by the Americans. The first Spaniard was Juan Cabrillo, who set sail from Navidad, Mexico in June 1542 and arrived in Malibu, California on September 28th, 1542. Malibu is known for their unique beaches, parks, and restaurants. One main attraction in…