Columbus Day

came across the Atlantic Ocean. Who we know as Christopher Columbus, was the explorer who “discovered” the Americas. During the voyages, he had taken from Spain he was able find a different culture. He was able to see what he hadn’t yet discovered until 1492. I will be going in depth about the Columbian Exchange. How did it come to be Columbian Exchange? What was “exchanged?” Columbian Exchange was named for the famous Christopher Columbus. It was an interaction between the Europeans and Native…

Europeans, they were just attacked because Europe wanted to expand, find gold, and find spices. The top three villains of Europe are Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, and Hernan De Soto. Most people think Christopher Columbus is a hero. They think he discovered America. The definition of discovery is a person or thing that’s discovered. How could Columbus have discovered America, if the Native Americans were already living there? The king and queen of…

12. James Cook James Cook, a captain of the English Royal Navy and fellow seaman, disproved the theory about the “Southern Continent” when he led the first expedition to cross the Antarctic Circle. Throughout his expeditions, Cook created numerous charts of unexplored islands in the Pacific Ocean. On his third voyage south he discovered many islands, including Hawaii. Cook’s discoveries and numerous charts became invaluable to the future English explorers. 13. Vitus Bering The Danish explorer…

Popculture Portrays Children As Being Carefree When I was growing up, I remember being reckless, and not having a care in the world. I didn’t care about getting hurt or getting in trouble because I did not know many dangers of the world. I would do whatever my older brother and his friends told me to do. I would always end up getting hurt if they told me to do something such as them swinging me back and forth by my hands and…

The Indians of the Arctic are very different, but can also be similar in many different ways. Chiefly, a comparison and contrast will be done about the Iroquois, the Haidia, and the Inuit native populations. These Arctic tribes share several similarities and present many differences to examine as well. All three tribes were alike in habits. None of these tribes spoke English. They spoke their native tongues, each of which was different. The Iroquois, Haidea and Inuits all embodied myths and…

For this article, we'll be taking a look at my fave five facts about Newfoundland. 5. The first to receive a transatlantic signal. Guglielmo Marconi was an inventor from Bologna, Italy. In 1901, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio message on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. 4. Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills get schooled about the seal hunt. In Spring 2006, former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams, had a debate about Canada's annual seal hunt with…

Many European countries competed for the colonies after the exploits of Christopher colombus. Many countries wanted to claim the land as their own and others wanted the resources from the land and some wanted to learned about the different cultures. People from England settled on the coast of the US and made it theirs. They created towns and grew crops and also succeeded at winning over the natives. Other countries like spain settled lower down and had children with the indians, and enslaved the…

1. One part that I found interesting in Twain’s “Stagecoach Bits” was his description of the mail that was three days late. The amount that was placed not only in the coach with the passengers but also with in various other places besides the roof leaves one to only guess how that coach looked when it was done being loaded. Twain leaves this image of an overstocked coach with barely any room inside as the mail sacks rise to the sky. Secondly, was their snap judgment to strip down to their…

Panama's landscape has changed a lot through out time before the spanish and other colonists colonized panama it consisted of a mixture of forests and mountains ,beaches and wetlands, plains and pastures.Panama has always been humid because of the fact that it is close to the sea and according to newworldencyclopedia.org The highest point in the country has always been the Volcán Barú.This volcanohas been inactive for millennia nobody knows why this volano has been inactive for so long but…

realize that Earth is a ball not flat. When people read the map, then they can learn the history of the “Age of Discovery” in the 16th cemetery. Maps may be very different at the different time. Just like the video said, the reason why Christopher Columbus arrived South America but not Asian countries is because of the map. He wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach Asia, but the information at that time was not clear at all.…