Sailing

his life and he loved where he lived. Christopher’s mom was named Susanna Fontanarossa. Fontanarossa was born in 1435 in Genoa. She was a wool weaver as well. Christopher Columbus started sailing as a teenager. He would participate in trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. Columbus would go sailing all the time as a kid, he said he wanted to be an explorer since he was a young child. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. On his first voyage…

from across the country about possible expanded ventures, but Frenkel is content with the size of the foundation at present. Their program offerings continue to expand and along with the Weller Days include the mentioned veterans’ days, adaptive sailing, and fishing expeditions, to name a…

Heat stroke A few months ago at shore and country club, it was Overton's day for the sailing club. Overton is a ice cream place.I whet with tery one of the in the small bout .Then we set off. We didn't know that it was low tide.About half way there the other bout got stuck.We didn't know so we traveled on When we got there Abby the other instructor Call stuck Terry we got stuck Abby said.We will come back.We went back to the club slowly.Then we got there.They tried to…

It was a hot and humid 87 degrees. I was in Port Canaveral, Florida getting ready to leave for my senior trip, a cruise to Mexico. There was a total of 60 in our group Students, parents, and siblings. I was all looking forward to a week of great food, relaxing and excursions that were planned. My family had arrived a day early to make sure we didn’t miss our cruise. I hung out by the pool while some shopped, everyone kind of did their own thing. Everyone was anxiously waiting to board…

A New World Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America, once said: “By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, once may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.” This quote may seem ironic because Columbus never truly reached his intended destination, the Indies. Instead, what Columbus believed to be the Indies was actually America. On October 12, 1492, the day Columbus reached the New World, everything changed for Columbus, and he never even knew it. Columbus was born…

Imagine leaving your house for months not knowing whether you will ever return the only thing you will see is open water. What you just thought about was how Ferdinand Magellan felt on his voyage of sailing all of the way around the world going west. Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer from the fifteenth century. Ferdinand Magellan was a Spanish explorer and made the very important discovery that proved that the Earth was not flat but the Earth was round. No one knows exactly when Ferdinand…

In Frederick Douglass’s Autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, he documents his experience as an American slave. His autobiography was published during the abolition movement to end slavery in the United States. Douglass’s life story showed the power of persuasion to influence society to see the impact of slavery. In this essay, I will exhibit Douglass’s use of imagery, pathos, and syntax that helped alter the view of slavery towards the American people. Douglass’s use of…

In the 15 century Europe started to trade with places farther away and with places they never traded with before. The Europeans had many motivations for transoceanic trade and also they made some innovations that allowed them to travel further. Some of the motivations included that they seeked new sources of wealth and they wanted to convert non-christians around the world to the catholic religion and some of the innovations they made are the sextant and new triangular sails that were stronger…

for men. William Lightfoot Schultz, founder of the Shulton Company, insisted on centering the Early American Old Spice on a colonial theme, which resulted in detailed colonial sailing ships appearing as the brands main trademark. Over the course of the next 80 years, through its continuous use and advertising, these sailing ships remain as the valuable trademark for identifying the Old Spice brand. In 1990, Old Spice became a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble after the purchase of the entire brand…

very much needed innovation. When you think about it, during that time traveling was not easy, especially if you were traveling by a boat. “ The portable device was used by sailors to help them find their way when they were sailing.”2 Just imagine what it must have been like sailing…