Latin American Boom

The president of Uruguay is President Tabaré Vázquez. He began his term on March 1, 2005 - March 1, 2010 and then again on March 1, 2015 and is still in office. Uruguay is one of the smallest country in South America. It is located on the coast of Rio de la Plata. The highest mountain is approximately 513 meters high, and Uruguay also has no deserts or valleys. There is also beautiful lakes that you can visit like Rincón del bonete, laguna de roncha, and laguna de diario. Uruguay may not be…

The Battles of the War The Spanish-American War consisted of two wars. One took place in the Philippines and the other in Cuba. The major battles of the Spanish American War were fought at Manila Bay in the Philippines (May 1, 1898), San Juan Heights or San Juan Hill in Cuba (July 1, 1898) and Santiago Bay in Cuba (July 3, 1898). The battle of Manila Bay is where the U.S. sunk the an entire Spanish fleet. In just seven hours, the entire Spanish Asian fleet is sunk and the U.S. suffered one…

Miscovich’s appearance at the bench trial was neither his first nor his last attempt to establish his claim to the emeralds, but it did represent his fullest public account of their discovery. To hear him tell it, the story started as every treasure hunt should: in a bar, with a beer, over a map and a piece of coral-encrusted clay. In January 2010, Miscovich said, a handyman who had done work for him in Pennsylvania, a guy named Mike Cunningham, had arranged a meeting at the Bull & Whistle, a…

individuals. For this reason, I am drawn to Latin American history—one filled with conflict, unrest, powerful social movements and powerful people. I am especially drawn to Chile’s history due to the controversy of American interventionism there and the dark history of General Pinochet. Learning Chilean history at Chilean universities will help me grow as an academic because I will be able to see Chile’s history from a different perspective, void of the tint of American exceptionalism often…

Q1: Who were the Vikings? http://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_vikings.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EArT2VOTA78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5zUK2MKNY Neil Grant. (2015). Investigate and understand the ages of the Vikings. London: Brown Bear Books. A: The Vikings were the people who lived and played a major role in Northern Europe in the middle ages. They first settled in Scandinavia. Scandinavia today is known as the countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The Vikings…

changed the world completely. A new world was found in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.. Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Spain’s monarchy to find this new route. Spain eventually conquered and settled most of South America, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest. This was the beginning of what scholars call the new world, many scholars ask themselves is the Spanish colonization of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries a success or not? The New World was discovered accidentally…

Venezuela is in South America, between Columbia and Guyana. It’s bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a humid, tropical climate, but its more moderate in the highlands. The capital is Caracas. As of 2014, the population was 28,868,486. They have an ethnic make-up of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African and indigenous people. Most of the people are predominately Roman Catholic, 96%. The rest are Protestant, 2%, and other, 2%. There are about 40 languages…

Throughout American history, the United States has followed various foreign policies to promote its interests. These policies include neutrality, imperialism and internationalism. Numerous actions have been taken to carry out these policies including the Spanish American war as well as the Roosevelt Corollary. These advances have been used to promote as well as obtain the interests of the United States. After Columbus' arrival to the western hemisphere, Cuba became a Spanish colony.…

Callaway wasn't the first to pursue the lost garden. Columbus went inspecting for it in Venezuela. Dr. Livingstone presumed it was in Zambia. John Calvin preached that it lay hidden in Iraq. William Warren, the president of Boston University, took a sabbatical Arctic cruise to confirm its location at the pole. The Garden has been the illusory dream of scientists, kings, writers, and at least one contrarian Southern lawyer. It is a story so compelling they’ve sometimes abandoned gold, tenure,…

12. James Cook James Cook, a captain of the English Royal Navy and fellow seaman, disproved the theory about the “Southern Continent” when he led the first expedition to cross the Antarctic Circle. Throughout his expeditions, Cook created numerous charts of unexplored islands in the Pacific Ocean. On his third voyage south he discovered many islands, including Hawaii. Cook’s discoveries and numerous charts became invaluable to the future English explorers. 13. Vitus Bering The Danish explorer…