Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Roanoke Island? English settlers went to visit Roanoke Island and the only thing that was left was “Croatoan” carved in a tree. Roanoke Island is known as “The Lost Colony.” John White arrived in 1587 and Roanoke disappeared in 1590 (Basu, 2017, August 3). So, what was the Roanoke Island? How did the people mysteriously disappear? Did the English settlers die out? Did the island relocate somewhere? Researchers still don't know what exactly happened to the island. Although Roanoke Island was…

places and accretion in other places. (center for ocean solutions n.d.) Hawaii is one of the most eroded places in the world along the coast. Hawaii is located 4165km West of California and the mainland. (Map of Hawaii. 2014) The two main islands that are been worked on the most for coastal erosion The change of the coastline from 1912 to 2002. From this we can see it went far inland and now is gradually moving out but there still is a lot of work to be done (Change in Hawaii…

How would you feel if you got left on an island? What would you do if you had no clothes and needed to survive? In the book The Goats two children named Howie and Laura faced difficulties and trouble after being left. Laura and Howie excursion was a learning experience that was justifiable by the circumstances they were in because they needed safety and shelter and survival. One important reason that Laura and Howie excursion was a learning experience that was justifiable by the circumstances…

people of Roanoke Island? How could an entire colony of people just vanish? Experts are still trying to solve this unexplained mystery today. In the year of fifteen-eight-seven, one hundred and fifteen English settlers made their arrival at Roanoke Island, which just so happens to be located off the coast of North Carolina. The governor of the colony, John White, made the decision to return to…

The Great History of Iolani schools This schools is important to Hawaii because it was a school that was made from the request of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma Liliuokalani. I will be talking about how Iolani schools have such significance that is both positive and negative, and also how Iolani schools made such a big impact on the life of Hawaiians and the life on Hawaii. This school gave Hawaii’s people the chance to learn English so that they can communicate with the Westerners. The…

Oak Island Treasure Exists A small island located in Nova Scotia, off the coast of Canada possesses one of the last known mysteries in the world. The Oak Island treasure hunt now has more evidence than ever and people are willing to do anything and everything to find the treasure hidden in the money pit. Many theories offer whose treasure is on Oak Island or how it got there but first people must believe it is there. Looking at the history and the searches conducted on Oak Island, it can be…

Escaping Uncle Sam’s Devil Island The Federal prison known as Alcatraz, is in the chilly waters of California’s San Francisco Bay. It housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous criminals during the years 1934 to 1963. For over thirty years Alcatraz Island was the main destinations for the nation’s most violent criminals. Criminals like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud, also known as The birdman of Alcatraz. With ninety guards working round the clock, including…

Facility Paper: Alcatraz Elizabeth Phan Introduction to Corrections July 20, 2017 Look out onto the San Francisco Bay and you see a big rock that is approximately 22 acres with some abandoned architecture on it. Well, that there is Alcatraz Island. Before Alcatraz became the tourist attraction that we know of today, it was used differently throughout the course of California history. First, the light house was placed there and it was used to guide people in and out of the foggy bay…

Different cultures have diverse ways of experiencing aspects of their culture. There are many commonalities and distinctions between the Yanomamo and Samoan peoples. They have different and similar subsistence methods, divisions of labor, occupational specializations, exchange of goods, and economic links to power. These differences and similarities are striking and deserve thorough examination. One of many aspects Samoan and Yanomamo life that is different is their subsistence methods. The…

Anthropology in the 19th century was composed more so of the evolutionism of ideas, which differentiated cultural structures through different stages of evolution using the single deductive theory. Learning from the failures of the horticultural dependency dilemmas, the Neolithic Revolution began allowing people not to depend on nature to gather food, but rather produce their own food through labor. Which later developed a whole new world for humans, transcending from hunting and gathering to…