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    I shall focus on his Sustentación, as he presents there his own appropriation of Galileo’s physical arguments as they are discussed in the Dialogo. In general, I shall argue that, in appropriating Galileo’s physical arguments, Mutis interestingly introduced some modifications to them which aimed to emphasize the veracity of the Copernican…

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    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 and precious stones. Spices were some of the most…

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    most successful quilombo was he republic of Palmares that united in 1603 under Zumbi ruler of the African kingdom with the purpose to rescue other slaves and be the controller of their own destiny (Keen, Haynes, 2004, p. 129). Many fugitive slaves in Brazil also had the ability to run off to other nations while Jamaican slaves were geographically restricted by the island leaving a sense of…

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    Also 600,000 incoming tourists are forecasted, a sum that actually represents a 12 percent increase in foreign visitors to the country (De Nicola 2010). TOURISM POLICIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO Tourism as an activity in Rio de Janeiro is contextualized from the moment when the city becomes the capital of the country, at the time in which the imperial family takes up residence in the city. This takes place in the early nineteenth century, but there is great difficulty in obtaining materials that…

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    Portugal Research Paper

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    south. In 1297 it stabilized its borders, making itself the European country with the oldest borders. After several years, in 1415 Portugal started the Conquistadors Era, its main objective was to find the way to India. They reached India in 1498, Brazil in 1500, China in 1513 and Japan in 1543, among other countries. This time was…

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    João's successor, Manuel I ordered Dias to serve as a shipbuilding consultant for the expedition of Vasco da Gama. Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of India in May 1498. Afterward, Manuel sent out a massive fleet to India under Pedro Álvares Cabral and Dias captained four of the ships. They reached Brazil in March 1500, then headed across the Atlantic toward South…

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    Napoleon- A brilliant General who overthrew the French directory in 1799, and 5 years later became emperor in 1804. His rise to power marked the beginning of popular authoritarianism- in which the ruler has absolute power, and people's freedoms are limited. France prospered under him. However, his downfall came when he tried to invade Russia in the winter, and was forced to retreat, and lost majority of his army on the way home. Karl Marx- A German journalist and philosopher, who founded the…

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    America to me is freedom because the word America means the new world. This new world established new human race, independent in every aspect of life. America possibly is the only society with the freedom given to every individual. Our forefathers have given this freedom on the central idea of “free speech.” The right is free speech is evolutionary innate and prove of our existence. In our society, this right is so important that the writers of the ‘Bill of Rights’ gave it very first place and…

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    The fact that Malvina, Gabriela, and Glória are beautiful makes their decision to act in unconventional ways even more striking because conforming to the social roles ascribed for women (to become wives and mothers, that is, angels in the home) would be the expected path, but is in fact the one they refuse to take. It is my goal to demonstrate that, though superficially Malvina, Gabriela, and Glória appear to be merely pretty objects, we realize their beauty grows as their characters develop;…

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    Good Neighbour Policy

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    Katie Dunne 15395741 • How did the Good Neighbour Policy affect the representation of Hispanics in Hollywood? The Good Neighbour policy was outlined by President Franklin D Roosevelt in his Inauguration Speech on the 4th of March 1933. In this speech, he outlined that unilateral intervention in Latin American affairs was ruled out. It was a policy of non-intervention and non-interference in Latin American domestic affairs in accordance to the Monroe Doctrine. The main aim of the Good Neighbour…

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