El Dorado

Hernan Cortes was born in the year 1845. He is said to be one of the people who helped to advance the position of Spain in North America in the sixteenth century. Cortes came from a lesser noble family hence, a wonder into his courageous expeditions. t a time, he studied at the University of Salamanca. He had a yearning to attain his fortune, and in as early as 19 years, he set out to look for it. “In his explorative journeys, Cortes was a ruthless man, and he would do anything including…

the neighborhood directly behind campus for over eighteen years, we have never attended an event at the Harris Center. For that reason, I felt this was the perfect opportunity to check out the venue while completing my coursework. I attended the El Dorado Musical Theatre rendition of “A Christmas Carol – The Musical” (The Holly Cast)…

The lost colony of Roanoke is one of the oldest unsolved mysteries of American history. The idea of settling American coastline was put into play when queen Elizabeth I granted a charter for Roanoke colony to Sir Walter Raleigh who would be funding the expedition. The most likely explanation for what happened to the Roanoke colonists was that they died in some way, but there are other theories that suggest they moved away to start a new life. From 1584 to 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh funded…

The American River is the second largest tributary to the Sacramento River, a critical component of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta system. The Lower portion of the American River Watershed begins at Folsom Dam and flows about 30 miles to its confluence with the Sacramento River near downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is about 1875square miles with a watershed length of 30miles. The average annual precipitation is about 23inches.The Folsom Dam, which is within the…

Oil was struck in El Dorado, which brought in massive revenue for the city and state; however, the oil ran out in the end. Instead of plummeting back toward financial distress, a chicken industry opened up near El Dorado in which business began booming once more. Across the state in Northwest Arkansas, Sam Walton began dreaming of a store that could sell massive and diverse…

of all Chicanos would graduate or complete high school. El Paso was also in part of the Chicano movement. In May 1972, the Farah strike which was a refusal to work in the Farah Manufacturing Company in El Paso. The purpose of this strike was because the workers wanted the right to be represented by a union. All of these workers that took part of the strike were Hispanic; 85 percent were women. Although the Farah was the second employer in El Paso, some factors created a dissatisfied work force.…

Throughout the decades, numerous expeditions have made contact with indigenous people. When it comes to the different crews of the expeditions, they differ when it comes to the attitude and treatment of natives. This paper will focus on the contrast between Lope de Aguirre’s crew and the Rondon Commission. The first difference involves the goal of integration versus enslavement. The Rondon Commission view themselves as “agents of change” and believes in the eventual integration of the natives…

Rebellion and madness set in the period of one of the darkest periods of human life since the Neolithic revolution; Aguirre, the Wrath of God takes us back to a time of conquistadors and the blatant disregard for human life while one tries to permanently cement their name in the history books and trust me Don Lope de Aguirre has succeeded in that regard though perhaps not as well as his initial commander in this film, Francisco Pizarro. Power is something that we as humans always desire, even…

Candide: Enlightenment Voltaire's Candide is one of the great books of European literature. Candide is remarkable because it is a comedy derived from tragedy. What is also remarkable is Candide has many themes to it that were controversial for its time. It touched on the topics of deism, toleration, humanitarianism, optimism, and even freedom. The story of Candide is a story of blind optimism in a pessimistic world. Candide is naïve. For a time, he reacts to such events as torture, war, and…

society was a rats nest of problems, problems they attempted to address through their writings. In Candide, Voltaire often poked at the issues around wealth and religion. Money, to Candide, seemed like the solution to all his problems. After visiting El Dorado Candide has the wealth to purchase the freedom of all his companions. He need not worry about repercussions or the law, however this power also begets his own unhappiness. Losing the majority of his sheep and wealth, and whatever remained…