Navigator

get there?” or “What time is it?” are questions that are taken for granted this day in age. Today, one instinctively looks at a watch or enters a destination into a phone or GPS. But from where did this technology derive from? How did the first navigators find their way? By using the Sun, Moon, and stars, early civilizations have paved the way to these modern devices used daily in today’s society. The effective use of astronomy enables the calculation of which day it is, the time of day, and how…

The historic period of exploration started in the 1400s. Many navigators are known for exploring parts of the globe. Christopher Columbus is known for discovering the Americas in 1492 . Jacques Cartier found Canada by sailing up the ST Lawrence river and claimed it for France in 1534 . Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil in the 1500s . The main reason these explorations started was to find direct trade routes to Asia. They were looking for Asia because at that time it was the land of spices…

The movie “Kong Skull Island” was release march 10 2017 and the opening view making around 52.5 million. The King Kong icon goes back to 1933 which made it first movie. What Kong Skull Island was about and how I feel about the movie and predicting on what may happen in the future after this movie was created, the following will be explain. The movie was set before my time around the abandoning of the vietnam war when they found a untouched territory on the earth.The goal was to see if we can…

mission, and the name of the plane that was holding the bomb, ‘Enola Gay’. While this plays, the narrator, Dominic West, talks over the top providing information on the event including date, time, location and instant death count. It then cuts to the navigator of the Enola Gay, Dutch Van Kirk, who describes how he felt, and what he thought, when they were in the plane. Similarly, Surviving The Holocaust: Freddie Knoller’s War, begins with archival images and videos of concentration camps as well…

Matthew Restall’s book “Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest” takes a look at the history of the conquest of the New World, while at the same time, attempting to decipher through certain myths that have gained historical ground over time. He looks at what parts of these myths have some truth to them and what parts of them seem purely fabricated. The goal that appears for Restall here is that while going through these myths, he needs to start with a blank slate. He needs to push aside what he and…

I'm going to tell you about Jacques Cartier. Do you know anything about Jacques Cartier? Hope you enjoy! Jacques Cartier was born on December 31, 1491. Jacques Cartier lead three expeditions is now Canada, and he claimed much of these lands for France. He was also the person who named Canada. He was the one who laid claim for France and North America. In 1594 France was the first for France they missioned Cartier to explore land of america to search for gold, spices, and the route to northeast…

figure out where they were. The development of the astrolabe allowed sailors to determine how far north or south they were from the equator. A advantage of the astrolabe is that a clear horizon is not needed to use the instrument, which means that a navigator can take measurements at night, or on foggy days when it might be hard to see the horizon. One of these explorers was John Cabot’s, whose discoveries under…

initiation of European expeditions by Spain and Portugal. In the early 15th century, King John I of Portugal initiated a crusade in order to conquer Muslim land in Northern Africa for spiritual and economic reasons. His third son, Prince Henry the Navigator also wanted to defeat the Muslims by flanking them from Southern Africa.…

Josh Schleis Mr. Stauffer English III 11/15/17 The Time for Change Take a minute and try to think of the all the good experiences you’ve enjoyed with your family, whether it is a holiday, vacation, or going to your grandparent’s house for the weekend and spending time with your family. These are some of the best memories that most people have; the memories of being little and being able to do what you want without having to worry about anything. These are the memories that we all cherish…

Woodes Rogers was certainly one of the most notable persons that have ever lived in the Caribbean. This Englishman had two big obligations in his life. At first, he was a privateer and later became the first governor of Bahamas. In both duties, his main targets were the pirates . Woodes Rogers took a great part in suppressing pirates in most of the Caribbean Sea . Most of them took his offer of King's amnesty. However, even the bravest pirates, who opposed, ended their careers afterwards, most…