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‘Sea of Poppies’ is Amitav Ghosh’s first book in the Ibis Trilogy which was nominated for Man Booker Prize of 2008. Set in 1838 amidst the valuable and potent poppy fields, it brings together a truly diverse and international cast of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, who, each for his or her own reason, board the Ibis, an old slaving-ship, which sails into the Indian Ocean at the end of the book. The book is a story of people brought together in spite of their differences, starting…

count as genocides, the Spanish did it in terms of structuralism rather than intentionalism. The Spanish kingdom wanted to find a way to gain more economic power, so the King sent explorers to scope out the unsearched lands of the West Indies. After Columbus reported that there was good soil and bountiful riches, the King resolved to pillage the land of its goods and to colonize the area. By colonizing in the New Land, the Spanish Kingdom would gain land, power, and more wealth. At this time,…

Christopher Columbus had an adventurous and event-filled life. He was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451 and died on May 20, 1506 a disappointed man (Wilson). In his younger years he worked at his father’s trade of weaving (Iconn). Later he became a sailor on the Mediterranean Sea. Columbus had a shipwreck near his brother, Bartholomew Diaz’s house of the Portuguese coast in 1476 (Iconn). During this time in Portugal,…

The issue of slavery in Africa started with the Portuguese expedition of West Africa in the fifteenth century. Prince Henry sponsored the Portuguese as their governor and was later named Prince Henry the Navigator after his establishment of a school for navigators at Sagres, Portugal in 1419. The purpose of this school was to train explorers in navigation, map-making, and science so they could be prepared to travel along the west coast of Africa. The Portuguese, who eventually became the one…

Portfolio Entry # 1: Columbus Stay Home We should assess the legacy of Columbus by celebrating and mourning on what he did. If Columbus didn’t discover America, we wouldn’t be populating the Americas as we speak. Columbus also brought Europeans to the Americas. He also did several other things such as promote wealth and prestige. He promoted curious thinking which revolutionized future generations and also he provided the sense of adventure throughout the Americas. He also started the ‘Age of…

Beginning in his hometown of Tudela, Benjamin set out to record as many jewish settlements as he could find and hear about. He left Tudela between 1159 and 1163 and returned in 1172/1173. During this time he visited many places listing them all in his travel diary known today as The Itinerary on Benjamin of Tudela. What is left of his itinerary today is nothing more than the town name, the distance to the town, the prominent Rabbis and scholars of the town, and the occasional description of his…

Algarve Luxury Hotels Algarve, Portugal is remembered is etched in history as the historical site from where the Portuguese set out to discover the world. A growing number of UK travelers have been choosing Algarve, a locale in the southernmost region of Portugal as their destination of choice. According to Wikipedia, Algarve covers slightly less than 5,000 km and extends south of the Tagus Valley on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The region ‘s famous national reserve, the Rio…

Cindy Cortez Dr. Carlos Perez Clas170 3 November 2017 Burn! The history of Latin America is something in which many choose to oversee. Our world in which we live in is not mindful of the history. We are taught that people choose to forget its history and some never want to learn it. Many do not realize that the influences of Latin America are part of our systems, our cultures, our traditions in which we live in today. In this class I have learned about many themes in which why Latin American…

Robinson Crusoe was a typical 18 year old that lived in Yorkshire, England. He wanted to become a sailor, but his parents didn’t approve because he may die in the ocean because of a storm or because of pirates. But once Robinson had a chance to go out to sea, he took it. He soon had many adventures and voyages to different parts of the world. He learned to be a merchant and a true sailor. In one of his voyages a violent hurricane pushed the ship from side to side, damaging the ship and killing 3…

Christopher Columbus has always been a controversial topic. Some individuals believe he was a hero and founded the Great America at no one’s expense. On the other hand, some individuals believe that Christopher Columbus was a deleterious, inconsiderate, and clueless explorer. Was Columbus a thief and a murderer and should he have his own holiday, is the topic of theologian Dr. Tink Tinker and BBC producer Mark Freeland’s article, “Thief, Slave Trader, Murderer: Christopher Columbus and Caribbean…