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Christopher Columbus Santa Maria
670 wordsChristopher Columbus was an Italian navigator. He was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of three sons. He was the first European to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. He began working at sea early and moved to Portugal. He got married to Felipa Perestello e Money in 1479 and had a son in 1480 named Diego. A few years later Felipa died, and Columbus began another relationship with Beatriz Enriquez de Havana of Cordoba and had his second son Ferdinand. Columbus first voyage he departed ...
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Degrees Fahrenheit Degrees Celsius
1,392 wordsOFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Dominica SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Republic ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 79, 800 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Dominica is an island located at the northern end of the windward chain of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It is situated between the French island groups of Guadeloupe to the north and Martinique to the south. The island is almost rectangular in shape and has a deeply indented coast line. It is of volcanic origin with many fumaroles and sulfur sprin...
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Caribbean Islands British Control
1,330 words... early - the Caribs either killed or held the missionaries hostage and the Spanish were not willing to pit their fighting skills against a skilled enemy and the rugged terrain of Dominica. In fact, this attitude pretty much summed up how the next wave of European colonists, the English and the French, were to feel when they arrived in Dominica at the start of the 1600 's. The English and the French were in a race to colonize the Caribbean in order to tap into the riches that lay in exploiting...
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Aix La Chapelle Middle Ages
1,783 wordsCharlemagne The King We know a good deal about Charlemagne because we have two biographies of him written by men who were close to him. The more important of these is by Einhard. He describes Charlemagne as being moderately tall, around six feet tall and powerfully built with a thick neck and deep chest. He had the red hair and blue eyes of his tribe and was possessed of both strength and stamina. He was average of the Franks in his love for hunting and for feasting, but Einhard notes that his k...
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Sense Of Identity Jane Eyre
1,765 wordsCharlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre And Jean Rhys Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre And Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea. How and why are selected canonical texts re-written by female authors? Answer with close reference to Charlotte Bronte s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys s Wide Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea is a relatively still sea, lying within the south-west zone of the North Atlantic Ocean, at the centre of a swirl of warm ocean currents. Metaphorically, for Jean Rhys, it represented an area of calm, within the ...
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Degrees Fahrenheit Degrees Celsius
2,721 wordsOFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Dominica CAPITAL: Roseau SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Republic AREA: 751 Sq Km (290 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 79, 800 LOCATION &# 038; GEOGRAPHY: Dominica is an island located at the northern end of the windward chain of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It is situated between the French island groups of Guadeloupe to the north and Martinique to the south. The island is almost rectangular in shape and has a deeply indented coast line. It is of vo...
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