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In this essay, I will be summarizing James Fujitani's argument regarding the rejection of the Ming with the Portuguese effort to establish diplomatic relations in 1519. Back in 1517, the Portuguese fleet arrived off the coast of Guangzhou. This was a great moment of symbolic importance to the Portuguese, with making the first official contact between the East Asia and Europe of the early modern period. However, just a few years later, in 1521, these relations broke down by many false rumor…

Age Of Exploration; Heroic or Heinous? I woke up late that Monday morning, basking in the fact that there was no school. It was early October, and the stress of fourth grade was really getting to me. Christopher Columbus was a man I thought I would be forever grateful for and as far as I was concerned, Columbus was wonderful, exploration was wonderful, and this day off was extra wonderful. But just how thankful should I really have been? Hidden behind the great accomplishments explorers have…

A patent is a government licensed confirmation that gives an individual or a company the sole right to exclude others from making, producing or using a certain product or selling it to others to make profit. A drug patent is an indentation using a substance or a chemical produced by a pharmaceuticals industry. A patent gives an individual or a company full control over their product. It stops other companies or an individual from misusing the product. A patent keeps other off the market and…

Globalization is the process of communication and interaction of trade with diverse cultures, through global travel and transporting products around the world. This essay will argue that there was a form of archaic globalisation previously, which brought positive impact on most countries in terms of economy, culture and politics. During 1492 there was globalisation, with examples exposed through the Indian Ocean trade and the afro-euro Asia connective. This essay will be reinforced by the…

Columbus, Was it Worth It? “The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand” -Frank Herbert. Before the Age of Discovery, many people were too afraid of exploring the oceans. At the time, they believed that the world was flat and there were many formidable tales about stupefying sea monsters. Sailors were afraid of falling off the edge of the world or being attacked by an ominous creature. These fears and false beliefs of the world kept many people from pursuing a…

studied navigation and astronomy. Then at the age of 15 he became a sailor. His first voyage was amazing for him and he had plenty of more voyages to come. Vasco Da Gama was a really good explorer and discovered new areas all the time. The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration was a period between the early 15th century and the early years of the 17th century. In 1490 Da Gama reached India and proved that there was no access to the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. The exploration…

me, Christopher Columbus, to see these parts of India and the princes and peoples of those lands and consider the best means for their conversion.” Many men sailed to the New World in search of new land where they could gain personal glory from discovery. It was part of the culture of that time to be obsessed with glory that one could get from great achievements. When explorers obtained land they did it “on the part of [their] king.” This specific quote is from a proclamation read to any natives…

We owe America´s success to our founding fathers who broke from England, before that the pilgrims who came here to escape religious persecution. But in the beginning it was the famous explorers who set out to discover new lands for European monarchies that shaped the country and society we live in today. European exploration was a movement during the years 1440-1550 in which Europe's prominent countries: Spain, France, and Portugal, were on a race to conquer the unclaimed lands of the New world.…

Amerigo Vespucci, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson are only a few examples of European white men who helped to shape the US as we know it today. These men not only helped found America, but they brought their country’s cultures along with them. Vespucci traveled from Spain, along with supplies to find new trade routes which would hopefully make waterways around North America. Cartier, on the other hand, was from France, he explored mostly to look for gold, silver, copper and spices. He wasn’t,…

Columbus Paper Christopher Columbus made the best of an accident when the Santa Maria, his ship, crashed into the Americas. He brought many new tales and resources back to Europe that would forever change the course of history. Columbus should be remembered as a wonderful explorer for his contributions to developing the New World. While exploring the coasts of the Americas, Columbus created many trading relationships and exchanges that would later be important to the course of…