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Ben R Finney Polynesian Outliers A Computer Simulation Sharp
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1,118 wordsTo begin with I believe that the first and probably the most important event in the Floridas history and development was, of course, its discovery. Floridas peninsula first has been found when Columbus made his first voyage to the New Land in 1492. But the real historical records of this land indeed started when Juan Ponce de Len the Spanish adventures and explorer arrived in 1513. In the beginning of April this man with his crew landed in the north-east cost of Florida. This place is now called...
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1,689 wordsJonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" Jonathan Swift was without a shadow of doubt a great pacifist, satirist, and moralist. Mainly through pamphlets, he criticized imperialism and war with ferocity. Gulliver's Travels, first published in 1726, can be seen as Swifts ultimate pacifist pamphlet, summing up his views concerning moral and sociopolitical justice. Although Gulliver's Travels is cherished as a childrens book it has triggered an ardent debate among philosophers, political scientists and...
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Moby Dick Killing Moby
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2,262 wordsDay 1: Hi my name is William Wallace. I? m 14 years old and I live in Britain. I? m going to America on a boat that will drop us off at Ellis Island. I? m keeping a journal throughout my voyage to America because one day I hope to send it back to Britain so all my relatives can read what it was like. My parents can? t come with me to America because they only have enough money for one ticket and they told me that they want a better life for me, so they are only sending me. Tomorrow will be my fi...
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949 wordsHistorical Rights of the Vikings Columbus sailed the ocean blue in the year 1492, this statement not only holds great truths but it also holds great lies. The United States has held on to the belief that Christopher Columbus was the discoverer of North America since the beginning of it s recorded history. The total unwillingness of the American society to yield to new history isa travesty to not only the law of progress but to the people that discovered North America, the Vikings. The problem of...
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