Discovery Communications

Why explore the profound secrets of the earth when everyone believes circumnavigating it is illogical? During the Age of Exploration, people began doing what seemed impossible: expanding into the rest of the world between the 1400s and 1800s. Expeditions across the world were very long and expensive, not to mention very dangerous. Europeans risked perilous ocean voyages to discover new sea routes in order to expand and establish powerful trading empires. Many sailors died on the way and some…

Jesiah Castillo Mrs. Gawith English I 26 Jan, 2016 Research paper Marco Polo Marco Polo wasn't a spirit to be held in one place because he needed to see the world from a different perspective. This famous explorer inspired many well known explorers after his time. (His travels have come along way throughout China India and many other places after his death in January 8, 1324). Most of his followers that had read his book called The Description of The World. Many followers had believed that…

Prior to the European age of exploration and conquest, the continent underwent many changes that lead to the desire and capability to begin exploration. The continent suffered a dark age of little innovation and great illness during the Middle Ages with the Black Death killing millions and spreading rapidly, and the Hundred Years’ War rampaging the continent increasing violence. By the 1350s, however, a new age of enlightenment descended upon the continent. The Renaissance spurred a new sense…

This century is full of exploration, but instead of using devices that get us no where to finding treasure, we have strengthened our minds and created the best technology around for things such as finding metal on a beach with a metal detector to something called a mailbox that has found hundreds of dollars worth of coins. In the passages of Florida Waters Treasure Hunters (by Scott L. Key), Weather Reconnaissance (by Harriet Jane Caldwell), and High Tech Search for Ancient Civilizations (by…

Europe had many good explorers such as Christopher Columbus as i think you all have heard. But another one in particular is a man named Walter Raleigh. You may not have heard of this particular explorer so let's learn a little more about him shall we. Walter Raleigh was born in England around 1552 and grew up in a farmhouse near east of Burleigh Devon England. He lived in england most of all his life maybe different cities but he still lived in england. Walter also was the youngest of 5…

Marco polo was born 1254 in Venice Italy was perhaps the worlds greatest adventurer. He traveled across much of Europe and Asia between the years 1271-95. Born to a family of merchants its of little surprise that Marco Polo would join the families trading business alongside his father and uncle. Although most of his travels where in Asia before his death on January 8. 1325 Marco Polo was able to see a large portion of the world. Perhaps he was able to view the portrait of Madonna Enthroned…

1. The Crusades transported information of the Islamic world’s grander economy and the merchandises that could be imported from Asia. The Mongol Empire, which hurried up interactions between the civilizations of Asia, also encouraged European interest. The plummet of the khans in China interrupted this exchange, as China became once again a land of mystery to Europeans. Europe’s upper classes had by this time become habituated to introduced products from Southeast Asia and India, particularly…

Henry Hudson was an English explorer, sea captain, and navigator during the late 15th century and early 16th century. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from Europe. Hudson’s route changed several times to avoid ice, bad weather, and shallow waters. He explored much of America and Canada. His exploration was very important in our history; some even say he founded New York. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from…

The complex nature of discovery is best explored both in and through a text in order to receive a more sustained understanding of the concept. The two approaches are closely linked and, as a result, complement each other to quite a large extent. James Bradley’s novel Wrack and Raymond Carver’s short story So Much Water So Close to Home (So Much Water) contrast the effects of the process of deliberate discoveries evoked by necessity with sudden physical discoveries on an individual’s…

It became a connection between the eastern and western hemispheres, connected by the Atlantic Ocean which was described as the “New sea bridge” because launched transportation of plants, animals, people, food, and ideas. Ever since the discovery of America by Columbus the Columbian exchange has been in effect still today we trade goods and ideas all around the world. Many European colonist settled and conquered the new land along with Africans as their slaves. The old world introduced the…