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The building of the Panama Canal is considered one of the greatest engineering feats in history. In the 1820s, at the time of initial American interest in the Panama Canal, Panama was part of Gran Colombia. The building of the Panama Canal would create a new alliance for the U.S. while gaining financially and acquiring independence from Colombia. The building and maintaining of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s allowed the United States to develop and gain economically while Panama received…

All of the TED speakers, Sylvia Earle, Manuel Lima, and Camille Seaman, each present visual data to help enlighten their audience on their topics. Earle talks of her experiences in the ocean. She is shown in submarines, scuba gear, and a special suite for walking being able to handle the pressure of walking on the bottom of the ocean (Earle). The images create an appeal to character, because it shows her passion for the oceans. She respects the ocean, and the footage proves this. She gains…

It was late March 1876, the wind was cold and hard like the stones of the lake shore the S.S. Cronet landed on, carrying six crew and three passengers. The three passengers were explorers sent by the Government of Canada to explore from the subarctic shores of Repulse Bay to Chesterfield Inlet townships. They were sent to map hundreds of lakes and over five-hundred miles of shore line. The passengers on this boat are Troy Mathews Leader and mapper from Quebec, Stephen Lewis the cook from the…

Disappearing out of thin air or falling into a rocky and huge ocean, what happened to The Flannan lighthouse men . These three people disappeared while waiting for the next shift of lighthouse men to show up. This happened on the date of December 26, 1900. Location of course is The Flannan Isles Lighthouse in the West Coast of Scotland. This island is named after Saint Flannan who lived there and died there. There were three people that disappeared, they were all males. No bodies were ever…

supply, hydroelectric power generation, and transportation of cargo and people. To conserve water and to facilitate two-way travel, canals are built level. The Panama Canal was built to subtract the distance that ships had to travel pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The main reason of building this was to travel goods, for automobiles to grain,saving time and money…

Amelia Mary Earhart was one of the most popular celebrities of her time, and one whose story still resonates with the public today. Partly because of her mysterious disappearance as well as being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic. Earhart is also well known for her activism and being one of the earliest supporters of the equal rights movement and being a member of the National Women’s Party as well as setting many records, and even writing bestselling books about her…

The culture and economy of shellfishing Shellfishing and aquaculture have been an important part of the culture and economy of Cape Cod for many years. Shellfishing is a major contributor to Massachusetts economy, and Cape Cod’s coastal economy also relies on recreational and commercial shellfishing, as well as the tourist and seafood industries (Ensuring a Shellfish Future, Maggio, 2015). On Cape Cod, the commercial shellfish aquaculture supports 1,400 jobs, 17,000 recreational harvesters…

A Perilous Accident In the year 1620 John Howland and other Englishmen boarded the Mayflower and set sail for the New World so that they could worship their god they way that they wanted. The Englishmen new that the peregrination (not sure if I used this right) to America would be a long and perilous journey but they didn't wimp out. About three days after they had set sail an enormous storm came upon the Mayflower in a terrible fury. The wind relentlessly rocked and tossed…

The sailing and carrying out the planning process of Christopher Columbus’s voyages from 1476-1502, better known as the (sixteenth and seventeenth century). Have changed greatly to benefit sailors and sailing now days using the more advanced technology over the years up to modern day time (twenty-sixteen). However, If Christopher Columbus would have used these technologies such as a engine boat for higher speed instead of his cargo ship known as the Santa Maria and the two other ships (Pinta…

Canal , built during the 1900s, allowed for more efficient trading and easier warship travel. In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nurez de Balboa became the first European to discover the Isthmus of Panama was just a slim land bridge separating the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 1534, after no such passage across the Isthmus had been found Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, ordered a survey to determine if one could be built, but the surveyors eventually decided that construction…