Ferdinand Magellan

before. Europe was quickly running out of room for the growing population, and this was posing a problem as more land was needed for crops. Natural resources such as wood were also being depleted at an alarming rate. Spain’s Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand sponsored an avid mariner, Christopher Columbus, on a journey West to discover a trade route…

Why did I choose this TOK question? Personally, “Doubt is the key to knowledge” is a very thought-provoking Persian Proverb. We usually associate knowledge with certainty and belief, which we hold them dearly throughout our whole life. The knowledge could be related to religion, science or even arts. However, is knowledge always true and certain? Could there be error in the knowledge that we know of? I would be exploring how doubt plays imperative role in the field of science to gain the most…

horsemen who raided the herds, but there was no mineral wealth so general colonization was slow. A Spaniard explorer was the first European to visit the area in 1516, but he and his men were killed and eaten by one of the native groups of Indians. Ferdinand Magellan was the next explorer to come to the region and anchored at the future site of Montevideo. Jesuit and Franciscan missions were established around 1620, but by that time thousands of the indigenous population had died from European…

Bilal Manzer Mr. Tomasetti Period 1 APUSH September 5th, 2015 Identification #1 1) Act of Toleration: Lord Baltimore granted freedom of religion to Christians of different branches. But, most of the people living in the colonies were Protestant and despised the Catholics wanting to convert theme to their own faith. The Catholics supported the Act of Toleration which was passed in 1649 in Maryland and allowed for them to practice their religion freely. The only drawback was that it only…

The core values of bayanihan, politeness, hospitality, and so on makes the essence of being a Filipino. Such deep-rooted principles of the past contributes to the current state of the Philippines, one of them being a democratic country. Employing democratic ideals to the government scheme, as expounded by the Oxford English Dictionary, means practicing fair and equal approach to society and having election of government officials by eligible citizens of the country. PRE-COLONIALISM Origins…

Characteristics of the Renaissance The printing press "The demand for perfect reproductions of texts and the renewed focus on studying them helped trigger one of the biggest discoveries in the whole of human history: printing with movable type. For me this is the easiest and single greatest developed of the Renaissance and allowed modern culture to develop," Wilde told Live Science. The printing press was developed in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440. It allowed Bibles, secular books,…

Space Exploration Humans always had a nature of curiosity. That’s what drove Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano to circumnavigate the globe. They discovered new lands and crossed new oceans. If they weren’t allowed to go on the voyage, then our history would be too recent. Humans would still be exploring and naming lands in later centuries, if such an event were to happen. This applies to space exploration. With the head start space agencies has executed, the future generations will…

“Following the light of the sun, we left the old world”, Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus is said to be the founder of the new world, the Americas. Making an agreement with King Ferdinand & Isabella, Spanish Monarchs, he was sent on countless voyages in the search to prove the Earth was circular rather than flat. His voyages lead to the exploration of the Americas giving us the opportunity to live in the United States today. Although, his voyages influenced the world we live in he…

Mechelle Chang AP World Period 3 January 8,2014 Chapter 15 IDs Chapter Thesis During the early modern era, the global economy was marked by slave trade across the Atlantic, plantations in the Americas, silver commerce between the new and old worlds, and fur trade in Europe and Asia. African diaspora- The transatlantic spread of African peoples through the Atlantic slave trade during the post-Columbian era. The spread of African people into new societies (the Americas) sparked issues of race…

The 15th century to the 17th century was truly an age of advancement. Throughout this time period numerous explorations, inventions, discoveries, and conquests were made, resulting in the modern moniker, The Age of Exploration. Throughout these centuries numerous advances were made that impacted Europe and the whole world. With so many advances many debates have arisen centuries after this great time period. One of the common debates is to whether we should consider Europeans throughout the 15th…