Sailing ship

1. What caused the economic decline at the beginning of the thirteenth century? - The beginning of the thirteenth century was a turning point for the worst. A few components that started a famine would eventually turn into the Black Plaque. There was an overpopulation and little soil left to grow crops needed for survival. People began eating anything they could get their hands on, like rats. Adults may have not been a part of the biggest death rates, but they were not really producing…

Expeditions across the world were very long and expensive, not to mention very dangerous. Europeans risked perilous ocean voyages to discover new sea routes in order to expand and establish powerful trading empires. Many sailors died on the way and some ships never returned from the journeys. Nonetheless, driven by competition, countries longed to be in the lead for power and control. Many explorers began venturing out into the New World seeking to gain fame and experience adventure, but it all…

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granted a percentage of the wealth he purchased back to Spain. Then Columbus went on his first journey westward. Columbus captained the third watercraft, the Santa Maria. There was also two more ships, the Pinta, and Nina. There was a total of about ninety crew members that sailed aboard the three ships. The main meal consisted of a dish of salted meat or fish, hard quick bread, and watered wine. The voyage across the Atlantic lasted roughly three months, with crew becoming increasingly…

different parts of the world. This was his first adventure of many adventures that he will soon have. He soon learned to be a merchant and a true sailor. Then he went to Africa and got captured by some pirates, but luckily escaped in a boat. While sailing in sea after the attack of the pirates, he was rescued by a Portuguese merchant that was heading to Brazil. In Brazil, Robinson bought a sugar plantation that he ran successfully for years and he made friends. After some years he was asked to…

History of the Conquest of New Spain).[50] Many of the details written by Díaz differ than the accounts given from other 16th century chroniclers, such as Cervantes, Gómara, and Martyr. All of whom differ in their accounts of the number aboard the ship, how many survivors had reached the shore, and the ultimate fate…

Odysseus made showed good leadership when he chose to go and fight the Greeks. Even though Odysseus just had his first child Telemachus and Odysseus put his personal desire of staying home with his newborn. Odysseus gave himself to the welfare of his country and chose to protect his country from Greeks. While having trouble getting inside of Troy’s kingdom. Odysseus was very smart and he created a giant horse as a gift for Troy and Odysseus hid his whole army inside. He made it look like they…

Odysseus and his men boarded their old ship with a mermaid on the front. Odysseus was a young man, 6’4” tall and made of pure muscle. He was wearing a white toga. The enchantress Circe had given Odysseus many warnings about his journey. Odysseus yelled, “gather around men! As we are sailing, we will be passing sirens do not listen. If you listen every emotion in you will fight to get there, if you jump you will drown and die! as we are short on ear plugs we might lose one or two of you, and…

John Paul Jones, Naval Hero Anna Harper Mountain View High School Abstract John Paul Jones was an American naval hero in the American Revolutionary war. He was most commonly known for his victory over British ships near the east coast of England. When the American Revolutionary war began, John Paul Jones went to Philadelphia and was recruited to be a lieutenant in the new Continental Navy (John Paul Jones.). In 1779 he became captain of the Bonhomme Richard. "I have not yet begun to…

In the early fifteen hundred’s a Spanish expedition was sent on a mission to conquer Mexico, and consisted of approximately a dozen ships. Hernán Cortés was one of the most accomplished of the conquistadors in the sixteenth century, and also known throughout the world as the man who defeated the Aztec Empire. By overthrowing the Aztec Empire and their emperor, Moctezuma, Cortes conquered Mexico. Hernán Cortés was eternally known as a man who was rather bold and valiant in his leadership of his…