SS Central America

“Ship of Gold In the Deep Blue Sea” by Gary Kinder is a book about the search for the SS Central America; a steamship that carried hundreds of passengers and an estimated $2,000,000 in gold (which is $292,000,000 in modern day value) in 1857 that was trying to reach New York from Panama which later went down in a hurricane. Tommy Thompson later sets out to discover the riches of the lost vessel on a quest that people had thought was near impossible to plan. While Thompson had found the ship and about $8,000,000 of the gold that was on it, he later found himself in trouble with having so much attention on him for his discovery and had trouble with having so much power. Thompson’s discovery of the SS Central America later led to the demise of his reputation and himself. Tommy Thompson had a bright mind. He says on pages 90-91: “‘I wanted to be an inventor,’ he said, ‘but there’s no college training for that. As close as I could get was the mechanical engineering school.’” While it isn’t surprising that he went on to do great things with his life, like discovering shipwrecks and using the most advanced technology to be able to locate the SS Central America while the…

During this quarter we have cover various themes throughout all the reading we were assign. The last novel we had to read was The World in Half by Cristina Henríquez and what made this book so different and unique from the others was it’s location, Panama. The others novels and stories we read were about immigrants from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, which are the most popular Latino community. Other Spanish speaking countries don 't get much recognition in the United States, especially Central…

Saipan is a small Island in the Pacific Ocean with about 65,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This is the least known territories of the United States with diverse cultures, year-round tropical weather, historical significance as well as natural beauty. As a point of fact, Saipan has fantastic facts as well as unique features since it is about 3 hours from Japan, 5 hours from Shanghai, China, 4 hours from Korea, 15 hours from…

of immigrant families. This paper will firstly introduce the concept of intertextuality and how it is present in this text, then it will focus on the Mexican legend in the story, and finally, it will discuss the multicultural aesthetic of the piece. The Cariboo Café is seasoned with intertextuality and peppered with references to real life events that impacted the lives of Central American immigrants residing in the United States. Intertextuality, “the complex interrelationship between…

Guatamala doesn’t really start until 1523. This year dates the time the spanish adventurer Pedro de Alvarado defeats the indigenous Maya and turns Guatemala into a Spanish colony. Because of several earthquakes, the capital was moved several times until it became permanently established at Guatemala City in 1776. From 1524 until 1821, Guatemala (City and Province) was the center of government for the captaincy-general of Guatemala, whose jurisdiction extended from Yucatán to Panama.…

in Cental America. Developing countries are typically described as those that facer harsher economic circumstances than a developed country would. They are known to have less developed school systems, governments, economies, and even legal systems. Developing countries don’t necessarily suffer from all of these things but usually a few. The definition of what a developing country consists of is one of much debate and often boils down to what different groups like the IMF agree upon. Labor laws…

The Mayan were a Native American civilization located in Mesoamerica, which is located in modern day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras according to the background essay. The Mayan achieved a lot and shaped many of modern day things that we use everyday. There most remarkable achievement were their number system. Another one of there great achievements was the calender. This is a great achievement because, we have went off the Mayan calender for hundreds of years ,and were still using it…

people hold the belief that it is quite literally what they are made of, referring to themselves as “people of maize” (Carlsen 2003). This idea is not far-fetched, provided that rural Guatemalans on average consume 1 lb. of corn per day, harvesting 72% of their calories from it (Isakson 2014). Even today, many indigenous Maya are known to call Guatemala “land of maize” (Isakson 2014). However, contrary to what one might expect upon hearing such realities, the same Guatemala that as recently as…

security advisor, Susan Rice, on what the path U.S. is planning to take to prevent any further ISIS acts of terrorism is. Rice claimed that this organization has shown it is capable of attacking territory outside of Syria and Iraq, and that the methods America is using are so far fairly successful. However, the problem beyond our control is the propaganda seen on social media that has been used to recruit foreign soldiers. The fact that ISIS and other terrorist groups are made up of Muslims…

took place therein. America was guided by a resurgence of the Monroe Doctrine under President Polk. This resurgence and in the spirit of Manifest Destiny, the American people, most notably expansionist democrats, pushed to expand the nation westward, and take control of the lands from coast to coast. This control was gained with a victory over Mexico in the aforementioned war, and with a peaceful resolution between President Polk and Britain, over the land in the Oregon Territory. Once both of…