Essays on Exploration

Supercontinent that existed in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic 335-175 million years ago. He united the continents that existed at that time – Gondwana, Laurussia and Siberia. The name Pangea was coined and published by Alfred Wegener in 1912. Pangea consisted of several large continental blocks, soldered together by collisional mountain systems. Stretched along…

In the early 1500s, almost four and a half centuries before men first orbited the earth; an expedition completed and led by Ferdinand Magellan performed a task of comparable significance for that time period. Magellan, a Portuguese navigator for Spain, sailed westward with a fleet of five ships from the port of Sanlucar de Barrameda…

For thirteen years the Treaty of Zaragoza was signed, Spain respected the provision of this treaty and set no expedition to Asia. But from 1538 to 1541, King Charles I Of Spain entered into an agreement with Pedro de Alvarado, his viceroy in Mexico, regarding the fitting out of colonial expeditions to the Far East….

 Lolita is novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1955.   Nabokov has a long history of writing controvesial novels which are debated in the public about the societal morals which his writings seem to reflect.  This particular novel was steeped in controversy since the day it was published.  Often regarded as pornography and it has…

Research is the exploration of a hypothesis or question using a systematic method to discover an answer. The key to the concept of research as opposed to simply guessing at answers is the systematic approach it employs. This systematic approach is commonly referred to as the Scientific Method. Without the Scientific Method research would loose…

Vespucci was the one person for who North and South America was named after. Vespucci had wonderful life and found many things on his voyages. Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy in March o 1451, and grew up in a considerable mansion near the river. As a young boy, Amerigo’s happiest moments studying th…

A reaserch team has discovered evidence that the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, may date from 5000 and 7000 BCE and possibly earlier. In response , archeoligist have thrown mud at geologist, historians caught in the middle, and the Sphinx , having revealed one secret, challenges us to unravel even greater The dicovery originated half…

Their health is not as good as the younger generation and they may visit the hospital ND doctors often. They are set in old ways from their past and don’t like to experience new ideas or change. Many are racist because this is how they grew up. 2) When you think about working professionally with…

Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain ( Ponce, 1996 ) . He came from a baronial household and entered the royal family as a page for Pedro Nunez de Guzman, at the Court of Aragon. Later, immature Ponce de Leon would go a solider for…

The Vikings were explorers who lived in the region that is now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They often set sail for distant lands. Although their feats took place more than 1,000 years ago, the tales live on in legend. Stories tell of the sailors’ voyages to new lands and of their violent raids. Two views…