Christopher Columbus was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. His historical findings changed our scientific understanding of the natural world. We acknowledge the spherical Earth, the use of the trade winds, and new plant and animal life he introduced to the “New World.” During his lifetime, Columbus led a total of four expeditions to the New World discovering many of the Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South and Central America main lands. On October 12, 1492, after a thirty-three-day voyage from the Canary Islands, Columbus landed in San Salvador in the eastern Bahamas. He thought San Salvador was
Gray, Edward F. Leif Erikson Discoverer of America . New York : Kraus Reprint Co., 1972, 40-46. Jensen, Malcolm C. Leif Erikson the Lucky. New York : Franklin Watts Inc.,1979. Shippen, Katherine B. Leif Eriksson First Voyager to America .
On February 2, 1766, forty-one days after his ship had left Boston's harbor, the Indian Samson Occom recorded in his diary, "About 10 in the morning, we discovered the land of England." Almost three centuries after Columbus had brought news of the existence of a New World to Europe, a descendant of the people who had met the explorer on its shores had embarked on his own voyage of discovery. However, by the mid-eighteenth century, Indians were not the only North Americans for whom Britain was a strange and distant land. Although emigration to the colonies continued to be an important factor in the rapid growth of North America throughout the eighteenth century, after 1700 the birth-rate was by far the most significant element in the spectacular
The Life of H. K. Hewitt Henry Kent Hewitt was a U.S. naval officer who directed important landings in Europe during World War II. He born in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 11, 1887 and died in 1972 in Orwell Vermont. Hewitt graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in 1906. He later went on to serve on the USS Missouri from 1907-1909 in the Great White Fleet, which was sent around the world by President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet.
It went through one American and eight British editions during his lifetime. Following the publication of his Interesting Narrative, Equiano traveled throughout Great Britain as an abolitionist and author. He married Susanna Cullen in 1792, with whom he had two daughters. Equiano died in London in 1797. Volume I opens with a description of Equiano's
Shelby County Barbara Rogers a new history of Kentucky I am writing about Shelby county because that is where I live. Kentucky was a county in Virginia. When Kentucky became a state Shelby county was part of Jefferson county until June 28, 1792. It covered 383 square miles and was named after Kentucky's first governor Isaac Shelby. Isaac Shelby was born in Frederick, Md.
It is saying that the history of the Americas began when the developed societies came and created new civilizations through out the continents. 2. The people who would have believed this are the Europeans. For thousands of years before the Age of Exploration, the Europeans had knowledge of only a fraction of the continents on earth. Their
PROPERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPINESS Ever since the 1600’s British settlers have come across the ocean to the “new World” and have set up colonies. It is now 1775 a new king is on the throne, His Majesty King George the VI. The distance of the colonies from Great Britain has created an independence that was hard to overcome. Those who colonized the new world usually had new opportunities and more freedom. Over the last half of the 18th century the king has imposed new acts of parliament that would apply to the colonies such as the proclamation of 1763, which prohibited settlements, passed the Appalachian Mountains.
Stephanie Cline GKE3 April 12, 2015 GKE3- Discuss the rise of colonialism in North America, and how the indigenous people reacted. Colonialism began with a trip on The Tiger, The Robuck, The Red Lion, The Elizabeth, or The Dorothy and sailing to Roanoke, in North Carolina. When Roanoke was established is 1585, Queen Elizabeth I wanted expansion of England. This unclaimed land was perfect for this expansion. Colonialism continued until the 1700s.
- The term "Indian" originated with Christopher Columbus. He thought that he had reached the East Indies when he landed in America and therefore named the inhabitants Indians. -The First People Living In North America called First Nations People, American Indians and Native Americans. - The culture of the Native American people is diverse. There are hundreds cultures to learn from Gulf of Mexico to Yukon.