Discovery

Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the New World had a negative effect. Columbus’s actions caused many problems. After he discovered the New World, social classes were formed, which caused internal conflicts between the people. The Europeans placed themselves higher in society than the natives. Another problem with the arrival of the Europeans was the spreading of new diseases that in essence lead to the Genocide of the Native Americans. While the Europeans were settling and starting new lives,…

left just a couple years later due to constant threats of Native Americans. It also was too far from other vikings to be settled there any longer. Once the vikings left, Europeans had not returned, even centuries later. In the 1400’s, interest in discoveries did, though, strike some european explorers attention. Chris Farley- I chose chris Farley to act as leif Eriksson because they are very much alike. Chris Farley is known as a comedian and someone who get bullied/pushed around. He has lot…

The 15th century became the Age of Exploration. Explorers from all across the world headed towards America in search of opportunity, land, and wealth. After arriving in their new destinations, many explorers embarked on a personal journey to seek many unanswered questions about their new home. In 1845, American writer Henry David Thoreau embarked on a similar search, which encompassed the inquisitive nature of the exploration age. Thoreau however was not interested in obtaining wealth or fame.…

Purinex was as a drug discovery and evolution company located in Syracuse, New York. “The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on its purine drug-development platform.” The company evolved procedure for making small molecules that acted as selective agonists or antagonists. The company consisted of 14 employees and the company has a chemistry laboratory, and 35 pending patents in the purine field. During 2004, the company promised two drug treatment: the first one for…

The age of exploration was a time where Europeans looked outward and traveled across the world for land, riches, and knowledge. This age much like the Renaissance and the Protestant reformation was predicated on the fact that people were curious and wanted to learn, and this drive made them go look towards the sea and want to explore. I believe that Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, and Vasco Da Gama were all three key explorers of the time period. All three of these explorers made great…

transporting goods on foot. Dias’ discovery not only improved relationships between Europe and Asia, but also strengthened Portugal’s economy as a result. Not only did Dias establish a sea route from Europe to Asia, but charts…

Discovery the act of finding or learning something for the first time, therefore this image represents how discovery can be unwelcome, similar to the text, where the persona’s discovery results in a mental breakdown. This image was chosen to write ‘Lost’ because I believe that one of the most confronting types of discovery is self-discovery. The mirror represents what we discover about ourselves, but the cracks depict a skewed perception, just like the persona in the text. Both the character in…

the age of discovery and exploration. One of the very first Spanish conquistadors, Hernando Cortès, arrived in America in search of gold and along the way had enslaved and killed a majority of the Native Americans through warfare and contamination. Another important phase that followed swiftly afterward was called the age of conquest, in which the Spaniards established their dominance over the natives through military forces. One of the last phases was known as the Ordinances of Discovery,…

Contributing to existing scholarship does not always mean forging a new or innovative methodology. Sometimes a book can be a worthwhile read and follow the structure of earlier works. It is in this manner that readers will most appreciate Timothy Silver’s A New Face on the Countryside: Indians, colonists, and slaves in South Atlantic forests. The author quickly acknowledges his appreciation for two earlier works in environmental history that inspired this book, Alfred W. Crosby Jr.’s The…

The fifteenth century was a period composed of remarkable discoveries; new lands in foreign countries were both explored and conquered. A majority of the countries responsible for the overseas expansion during this age of discovery originate from Europe. These countries include Spain, Portugal, and England. However, the motives for expansion vary for each country. Wealth, religion, and expansion of empires are a few of the reasons as to why these countries traveled to the New World. While these…