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Gulf Of Mexico Gulf Coast
1,634 wordsBefore a territory can be settled, it has to be explored. Through an exquisite quest, amongst adventure and hardships, Sir Rene Robert Cavalier de La Salle set out to explore the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. In the winter of 1681 - 1682, the French explorer Rene Robert Cavalier, Sir de la Salle, led an expedition from Canada down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle reached the river's outlet to the gulf, where he set up a cross and a wooden post carved with the coat of ar...
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Mahatma Gandhi Bad Habits
1,511 wordsThere is not a single country in the whole world where the name of Mahatma Gandhi is not known. He became famous because he dedicated his whole life to the service of the motherland, and service of humanity. Today, I am going to tell you in brief, the story of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation, or Bapuji, as he is affectionately called. Gandhi's father Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Kaba, was a Minister there in Porbandar. Kaba Gandhi was an honest, upright man, a strict disciplina...
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Political And Religious Church Of England
1,702 wordsThe Spanish Armada set sail from Spain in 1588. King Phillip II wished to invade England for both political and religious reasons. Spain put a tremendous amount of money into the Armada and planned for years, but in the end the fleet was defeated. The building of and the defeat of the Spanish Armada led to Spain's downfall as a world power, and England's subsequent rise in power. King Phillip II had many political and religious reasons to invade England. Because Phillip had been named as Marys s...
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Moby Dick Killing Moby
651 wordsThe novel Moby Dick is the story of how Ishmael the narrator came to set sail on a fateful whaling voyage. He travels to Nantucket, where he visits the docks to find a ship; he discovers the Pequod. As Ishmael and his friend Queequeg make their way to board the ship, they meet a haggard looking, wild-eyed man who calls himself Elijah. He warns them against sailing with the Pequod, and hints that there might be something to fear about their mysterious captain, Ahab. Although Ishmael has not yet m...
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Moby Dick Killing Moby
1,358 wordsMoby Dick The novel Moby Dick is the story of how Ishmael the narrator came to set sail on a fateful whaling voyage. He travels to Nantucket, where he visits the docks to find a ship; he discovers the Pequod. As Ishmael and his friend Queequeg make their way to board the ship, they meet a haggard looking, wild-eyed man who calls himself Elijah. He warns them against sailing with the Pequod, and hints that there might be something to fear about their mysterious captain, Ahab. Although Ishmael has...
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Theory Of Evolution Origin Of Species
1,928 wordsCharles Robert Darwin is considered by many to be the father of modern biology. He introduced the theory of evolution and natural selection to a time in which science was based of the words on the Bible. He revolutionized the way life science was studied. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He was the fifth child of Dr. Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood Darwin. As a young child, he developed an interest in hunting and collecting rocks and insects. At the...
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Christopher Columbus Atlantic Ocean
1,600 wordsBrief History: Christopher Columbus Diary Columbus Brief History: Christopher Columbus was an Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His father was a weaver, and it is believed that Christopher entered this trade as a young man. In the mid- 1470 s he made his first trading voyage to the island of Kh os in the Aegean Sea. In 1476 he sail...
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Indians Were Killed Body Was Immune Columbus
921 wordsChristopher Columbus is a very important person in our countrys history. He found the new world, the one we live in today. He started the society that makes us who we are today, the society that allowed our ancestors to come to America and start the life that we live now. This whole world owes their lives to this man and his soldiers. Columbus should always be remembered as a very important and especially good person in history. Columbus made an especially daring trip when he set sail for the In...
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