expand. Together, Lewis, Clark, and other men on the expedition made around 140 maps, and they obtained about 30 maps from traders, trappers, and different Native American tribes. The U.S. learned more of the Rocky Mountains, of which the states had very little knowledge, and found that there was no water passage from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific…
Empire stabilized the external border of the Balkans, although the Ottoman Empire was declining due to increase of Christian population and power in the region. According to Paschalis M. there are two maps that explain the distribution of languages of Europe between 17th and 18th century. The first map was called Europa Polyglotta published in Nuremburg in 1730 that explains the distribution…
“Sorry Hector. “ I said standing straighter. “Let’s get started. I have some questions, and I am going to need a map. The more detailed the map of the city, the better. I will also need something he used every day.” “This is our investigation.” Erik hissed at me once more. “Yes and look at how much you accomplished.” I rolled my eyes. “You idiots don’t even know who took him. Let alone have a plan.” “It was the Fellowship of the Sun.” the cowboy said. “We have no proof, Stan!” Isobel yelled…
at first on the attempts to excite the interest of Chinese intellectuals towards Western scientific and technical accomplishments. Some of the great achievements made in this push towards new knowledge were the new skill of Cartography or science of map making, and geography. Which later was…
Thomas wakes up in a dark metal box with only the memory of his name. Doors open overhead to reveal a community of teenage boys living on a large farm land surrounded with very high walls. The boys call this place “The Glade”. On the outside of the glade, is gigantic maze that has monsters called Grievers populating it. Each month, a new boy arrives in this metal box to the Glade. Every weeks supplies is brought up through the elevator that Thomas rides. Thomas quickly learns that there…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer vs. Tom and Huck The plot in Tom and Huck differs from the plot of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The movie, Tom and Huck, gives less detail of what is happening. Many scenes are changed. However, some details were added to flow the story along and to make the movie more entertaining. The plots of Tom and Huck and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are similar, but very different at the same time. In the beginning of Tom and Huck, Tom Sawyer sees Becky Thatcher by the…
Within the novel "Paper Towns", many concepts of journey are explored. The novel contains a mixture of a physical and inner journey. In Chapter 1, Quetin was living his ordinary life, just like every other day. The night Margo climbs into his window and ask him to help her plot revenge on her so called 'friends', was the night he felt like a different, more confident person. Quentin was a very anxious and awkward person, so embarking on this mission certainly extended outside his comfort zone…
This is a picture of rescue workers cleaning up the mud brought by the flooding. In April of 2017, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the northernmost region of Peru. The earthquake could be felt in neighboring countries of Ecuador and Colombia. This map shows the epicenter and diffusion of the earthquake. In May 2017, over 5,000 Venezuelan citizens have applied for temporary residence permits in Peru to escape their declining economy. Here is a picture of Venezuelan citizens holding their…
after the ally were clearly not thought out, completely fake, as if he was supposed to die in the ally. The killer must've intended to give the victim a fake map and strike in the ally. The beginning of the map made perfect sense. This was thought out, for a long time." Grayson explained. "Is it safe safe to say that the killer is linked to the map?" Henri asked. "I believe so." Grayson responded. "Do we know who this kid is?" Henri asked. "Not yet, we'll do an autopsy in a few minutes."…
matrix q = [.01;.02]; % amplitude or standard deviation of system noise Q = diag(q.^2); % covariances matrix s = [.1;1*pi/180]; % amplitude or standard deviation-Noise measurement S = diag(s.^2); % covariances matrix mapspace = false(1,numel(x)); % Map management landmarks =…