Hudson Bay

Guantanamo Bay Prison, a controversial topic, where the worst of the worst reside, most uncharged, and are interrogated day in and day out all in an effort to protect the citizens of the United States. The film, The Road to Guantanamo, tells the story of three friends before and during their time in Guantanamo through their own accounts, archival footage, and dramatized re-enactments. Through the use of the witness interviews and the dramatized re-enactments of the real events described, The…

Guantánamo Bay detention camp Legal assignment Guantanamo bay detention centre a. Identify and describe a contemporary human rights issue The Guantanamo Bay detention camp (also known as GITMO), is a US detention facility located on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in south-eastern Cuba, on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. It was built in 2002 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent military operations in Afghanistan. The detention centre was used to house Muslim militants and…

creation of Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay is a detention camp located in Cuba that hold suspected terrorists and is used to extract critical information. There have been proposed plans to close or replace Guantanamo Bay due to moral and cost-wise reasons. However, it should remain open because the detainees are too dangerous to move to another prison, crucial information is extracted, and the U.S. Constitution and the Geneva Convention are not violated. The detainees in Guantanamo Bay are not…

Kingsford officially became recognised as a suburb on 25 June 1936. Prior to becoming its own suburb, it was mostly undeveloped land and was known as South Kensington. The suburb is mainly residential with a population of 14,100. It has a large commercial area where the markets, restaurants, hotels, and bars are found. Kingsford is surrounded by other eastern suburbs, making it close to Sydney, beaches, and other recreational areas. Housing The housing situation in Kingsford consists of…

The Life and Significance of Henry Hudson The exploration of a majority of North Atlantic exploration is thanked to Henry Hudson, who tried to find a northern passage. Europeans did not know of ice in the north, as the Arctic was unexplored. Geographers thus believed that you could travel to the Indies by any northern path. Henry was born in England approximately in 1565. Most of his life prior to 1607 is unknown, however, it is believed that he learned seafaring first hand from sailors or…

like an eagle with the wings of a wren.” Henry Hudson was born in the later part of the 16th century; he had grown up to be an American Explorer. He discovered several rivers and lakes that were named after him. He had four voyages, but two had been unsuccessful. He still today is one of the world’s most famous explorers that has ever lived. He is an elusive person until his first journey because he was most likely a boy at Sea. I chose Henry Hudson because I have interests in explorers, and…

Henry Hudson was an educated English explorer and navigator believed to be born “in 1570, in Hoddersdon, Hertfordshire, northwest of London” (Quezzaire). Hudson probably served in the Muscovy Company when he was young due to his family’s high prestige in the Muscovy Company. In the late 1500s, he got married to a woman called Katherine, and together, they had three sons: Oliver, Richard and John (softschools.com). It is believed that he had firsthand education about seafaring, and worked aboard…

on August 13,1593, Henry Hudson, was considered one the most famous explorers. Henry Hudson made four voyages in his career. The first voyage began in May of 1607 and ended in September of that year. The Muscovy Company, out of England, hired Hudson to find a northern route to Asia. The voyage began in England. He sailed on a small, three-masted ship that was named Hopewell. As he was trying to find a northern route to Asia, he was stopped by the Great Barrier Reef. Hudson was forced to turn…

because it was successful. The Hudsons bay company built forts along the Hudsons bay which were close to the fur supply and had good transportation both into the northern forests and to England. Transportation Europeans explored the entire continent, searching for more fur. They used boats and river routes like the rivers that flow into Hudson's Bay to transport their goods. This is one of the reasons why the Hudson's Bay Company built their forts along the Hudson's Bay. Travelling into the…

“Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson Bay”. They were granted wide power including exclusive trading rights in the territory traversed by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay. This land later became known as Rupert’s Land. They would later struggle to keep control of Rupert’s with the French, but they ceased control by 1763. By the 1850’s Canada had started to expand, and saw to the annex of the Northwest. The Hudson Bay Company then promoted the rumor that Rupert’s…