Galleon

sewing, just like the thread that you have at home. Click on the picture and you can see some of the gold threads. I’ll bet you thought Rapunzel was the only one who could spin gold, but the Chinese were doing it a long time ago.Still, the long journey of the vestments was only beginning in China. The wonderful cloth was taken from there to the city of Manilla, in the Spanish colony of the Philippines. It was there that the cloth was sewn into the beautiful robes that we have today. They had to come all the way across the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish had ships called, Galleons, that sailed back and forth across the ocean, bringing goods from the Orient into Mexico. We think that it was on these Galleons that the robes crossed the ocean to the Americas. Click on the picture, if you’d like to see more of what a Galleon looked like. So, the beautiful robes sailed all the way across the Pacific Ocean in Spanish Galleons and arrived in Mexico. We think that they may have been used in Missions in Lower Mexico for awhile. One Mission would give them…

watching “Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker”, one certainly does learn something about pirates and their history. However, that does not mean the documentary is particularly useful. In fact, the documentary while mostly accurate still has some small discrepancies and does not provide enough detail for it to be helpful to those actually studying pirates. The documentary is a fun resource for those who want basic facts, but leaves some facts to assumptions and seems to gloss over some…

When people generally think of pirates, the image that entertainment goes into our minds, someone with a wooden leg and eyepatch who sails around getting into swordfights over some treasure chests. This view of what a pirate is changes when viewing ‘Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure: Globe Trekker’, a documentary film in which the real pirates that lived are discussed. This film is a good, accurate, representation of why piracy happened along with who the pirates were and what they did. There is a…

But it is possible. When the sail is positioned at a certain angle, the ship will move forward, because the centerline of the ship is pulled to the water. The force of the sail will balance out the force of the centerline. Even though people might not think it is possible, it is. That is how a ship can "sai into the wind" and still move forward. A Spanish Galleon was a large ship that had multiple decks. They normally carried three or more masts, which used a sailing rig on the rear masts, and…

Silver was very important to Spain during the silver trade. Spain got there silver from the Philippines and Potosi, Peru, and from trading with china and other countries and merchants. The atlantic ocean was used constantly when the Philippines trades with spain, 5/7ths of all the silver available in the atlantic ocean was traded with each other and this helped cause global trade.¬ Silver was the cause of the age of exploration in Europe and china. Silver was very valuable to china; it was the…

Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno was a navigator and he was a talented explorer who was very talented. He was very kind and he was trustworthy he thought of himself a great. His birthdate was April 6 1560. He then died 1602. He was born in Sesimbra Portugal. He was born there but soon moved to go have fun and explore everywhere. Cermeno has a lot of character traits including: Brave, courageous, adventurous, hardworking responsible, humble, encouraging,…

The Caravel was a ship that had many uses. These ships were from small to medium. They could be used as cargo ships, warships, patrol or dispatch boats and also pirate ships. They were mainly used for fishing. The Caravel was from 50 to 200 tons. These ships were cheap and you could get them in shape for working very easily. They were known for their speed and maneuverability. So these ships were used by explorers to explore.This ship came was developed/came in use during the 16th century. The…

technologies, bringing wealth to monarchs, and having religious freedom. Navigation and exploration was not an easy task. Having technologies that could guide oneself were important. The ships also had to be sturdy and able to support a crew and luggage. There were a couple major ship advancements. One was the creation of the caravan. The caravel was commonly used ship which were maneuverable and medium sized. Some of the uses of the caravan were as cargo ships, warships, patrol ships, and…

Perhaps King Philip should have stopped Queen Elizabeth while she was still in her early years as Queen, and exterminate the British navy across the Channel before they were strong enough to counterattack the armada. Other factors that foreshadowed the defeat of the Spanish Armada was through Sir Francis Drake's raid on the Spanish coast, a sudden eruption of chaos into the bay of Cadiz and with Drake’s brilliant planning, he was able to burn thousands of ships at once, he burnt the entire…

Alfred Noyes The Highwayman is a dark and sinister narrative is a dark and sinister poem that tells of a wealthy criminal and the daughter of a landlord ,Bess, who are deeply in love ,but it turns sour when the daughter is captured. Alfred Noyes creates a dark atmosphere by using dark twists and imagery. Alfred Noyes uses visual imagery to set the stage in stanza one “The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, the…