Longitude

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In the 15 century Europe started to trade with places farther away and with places they never traded with before. The Europeans had many motivations for transoceanic trade and also they made some innovations that allowed them to travel further. Some of the motivations included that they seeked new sources of wealth and they wanted to convert non-christians around the world to the catholic religion and some of the innovations they made are the sextant and new triangular sails that were stronger…

Qutio Quito, also known as San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, elevated 9000 feet above sea level stretching 25 miles long and 3 miles wide. This country is on the Guayllabamba river basin on eastern slopes of Pichincha, in the middle of the Avenue of Volcanoes. Most are dormant bringing a safe way to enjoy variety of wavy mesmerizing snow-capped mountains, and a half of million of the friendliest people you will meet in South America. Situated between Colombia and Peru on…

of 85 miles per hour. The location too was highly unusual, some 500 miles south of the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal. Hurricanes normally don't form this far north and east (north of 30 degrees North latitude, east of 30 degrees West longitude) in the Atlantic Ocean.…

I found the story of John Harrison to be quite sad. He spent his lifetime trying to solve the problem of longitude only to be rejected time after again by people that most likely didn't even understand his constructions. Even after Harrison had finally finished the pocket watch that was capable of telling time more accurate than any other at its time, others were still unwilling to accept the possibility that it could solve the problem. I think that this was much more common in the past due to…

in fact they have a lot in common when it comes to work ethic. One thing I found interesting is that boxers are observed as a case study, an in depth investigation of a small group or an individual and basketball players are observed using the longitude method, participants observed over time often decades. Allow me to elaborate. Boxers are focused on more in depth due to the risk of the sport. They do lots of investigation about the boxer health, next big fight and any injuries the boxer is…

collecting data would break a code of ethics by infringing upon a student's confidentiality because the student is asked to release another's name without consent. In The Gender Difference in Social Network Development Via Mobile Phone Text Messages: A Longitude Study, researchers offered undergraduate students one extra course credit for their…

Cannon Leader: Nathaniel Foster Started In: 2025, slowly took over rest of Europe and North America for next five years 5: Continent: N/A Hemispheres: Northeastern Hemisphere, Northwestern Hemisphere Area in Sq. Miles 13,471,000 Latitude and Longitude of Capital: 32°W, 56°N Currency: UNs Symbol of currency: U…

ten is that the shape and major axes of continents affect the distribution of crops and domesticated animals. The continents that Diamond uses is Africa, the Americas, and Eurasia. With Africa and the Americas both have their major axis that are longitude (north to south) while Eurasia has a major axis that is latitude (east to west). The Fertile Crescent is one of the places where people first domesticating plants and animals. Those domesticated plants then spread to the surrounding areas…

The main Mozambique’s latitude and longitude are 18° 15' south and 35 ° 00' east, measuring a total area of 801,590 km2, of which land constitutes 784,090 km2 and inland water 17,500 km2. The country is bordered by Tanzania to the north; Zambia and Malawi to the northwest; Zimbabwe to the west; South Africa and Swaziland to the southwest; and the Indian Ocean (Mozambique Channel) to the east. Figure 2: Mozambique geographical Location, Latitude and Longitude Map Source: Maps of World.…