He built hotels, and then bought railroads to connect them to other hotels, improving and even founding cities as he moved down the east coast to Miami. When others would have stopped, he saw the possibilities of continuing to Key West and accepted the challenge. By connecting an isolated string of islands to the rest of the world, Henry Morrison Flagler made his dream and The Keys come true. Born in Hopewell, New York in 1830, he left school at age 14 and moved to Ohio to work (and live) with his half-brother at a general store. Being a natural salesman, he quickly advanced from his original salary of $5 a month, and by age 22, he was partners with his half-brother in a grain business and distillery (Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2004).
[Profile] John Cabot as Giovanni Caboto, he was bored in Italy, Genoa, 1450. His father Guilo Caboto was a famous spice merchant in Genoa. So, when he with his family moved to Venice, he started to help with his family business. And in 1490’s he moved to the Bristol in England, with his wife Mattea and three little sons called Ludovico, Sebastiano, and Sancto. He was very
April 27, 1521: Was Magellan Worth Protecting? One of the reasons Magellan was worth defending was because of his navigational skills. Document A, which is a map that comes from various sources, states that the voyage started on September 20, 1519. Two hundred eighty men departed with an armada of 5 ships, given to Magellan by the king of Spain. Magellan sailed down the coast of modern-day Brazil and .Argentina after crossing the Atlantic.
Columbus an Italian believed he could sail west across the Atlantic and reach India. With sponsorship from the Spanish Monarch Columbus, with 3 ships and 90 sailors discovers the New World. He arrived at the Bahamas first encountering the Arawak Indians. Columbus never in his lifetime acknowledged that what he discovered was not India. Millions of natives in the New World died due to European illness making it easier for the Spanish Conquistadors to move in and take over much of the Americas.
[pic] [pic] According to a passage in the log of the first ocean crossing, he first went to sea at the age of eighteen; and in 1472 he referred to himself as a “Genoese wool draper.” Shortly afterward, in 1473, Columbus and his father moved to Savona, from which port Columbus made voyages on behalf of Genoese firms. o BORN IN 1451, Genoa o DIED IN May 20, 1506, Valladolid • Parents: Domenico Colombo, Susanna Fontanarossa • Children: Diego Columbus, Ferdinand Columbus 1. Christopher Columbus (c. 1450-51–May 20, 1506) was born in the Republic of Genoa, Italy 2. Columbus’ mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a wool merchant. He had three
7. The motives behind European exploration were to find large supplies of gold, silver, and jewels. 8.Europeans owed some of their sailing technology to people because we invented navigation. Section 2 Assesment 1.Kangxi was the first Emperor and ruled for 60 years. -Qing Dynasty was a Chinese name for dynasty that ruled for 260 years.
At the age 20 Richard started company named ‘Virgin’, which was operated with the mail. At the age 22 Richard opened company called ‘Virgin Records’, one of the first artists which sing with ‘Virgin Record’ was Mike Oldfield, he sold more than 5 million copies of single. Later on there was many other artist which sing with ‘Virgin Record’, for example Sex Pistol, Janet Jackson and Rolling Stones and may other singers and bands. At the age 34 Richard decide start business which is more serious. He moved into airline industry, starting ‘Virgin Atlantic Airways’, which become second biggest English haul in international airline, which had flights to New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Orland and many others international cities.
Historical Recount of Marco Polo’s Travels Marco Polo(1254-1324) was an Italian merchant who travelled the world famous “Silk Road” and connected the European and Asian civilisations. (timeline) Marco Polo was born in Venice to the son of a rich family, who provided him with a good education, especially in language: Italian and French, literacy skills and arithmetics. In 1271, when Marco was seventeen, he joined his father, Nicolo Polo and uncle, Maffeo Polo on their second trip to the East. This time they changed the route and passed through Armenia, Persia, Afghanistan, the Pamier mountains and finally they reached the Gobi desert. After this long journey of three years, they arrived in China and met Kublai Khan.
For starters, Marco Polo(1254 – 1324) was a italian merchant traveler from Venice. Whose travel to Asia lasted him 24yrs. In which he traveled farther then anyother predecessors, beyond Mongolia to China. On this long lasting journey he became a confidant of Kublai Khan,
My grandfather showed me a video of my ancestors. “Cool,” I thought. My great-great-grandfather sailed on a ship from Italy to the new world a couple hundred years ago. My grandfather told me stories that his grandfather told him when he was a little boy. My grandfather was named after his grandfather, or my great-great-grandfather.