can anyone tell me why Ponce de Loen, Amerigo Vespucci, Ferdinand magellan, Jhon cabot, and christopher clumbus changed the maps by there discovery. also can anyone give me a website to get there routes to where they were going. please i need it and if i dont get these things by monday then i will fail the test and my project and it is the last one until we get our report cards.
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Well, first of all, back then there were no satellites or airplanes.  There was no way to know what the world "looked like" unless someone mapped it out...specific coastlines, etc.  No one person could do it all...and each of those men were important for learning new things about different parts of the world.  So...the maps were "changed" each time something new was learned.  And, the maps could be changed if someone found something new about an already existing piece of map.  It's sort of like science.  What was known about science and technology 50 years ago is very different than what we know today.  So, as a result, the science books have changed.  If you're 11, chances are the science book you have today is totally different than the one I used a million years ago.  It's the same idea with the maps back in 1492...\n\nThe following link has a listing of all the great historical explorers.  Their biographies and routes, where applicable, are included.  Each link provides even more links...so you should have enough information that it would take you all day to read everything.  Good luck!\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html
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He was an English privateer, navigator, naval pioneer and raider, politician and civil engineer of the Elizabethan era. He was the first captain to circumnavigate the Earth (Magellan died on his voyage, which was completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano). He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He died of dysentery while unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1596.\n\nHe is known as one of the greatest English sea captains of all time.\n\nThese links should help.
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http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html\n\nAll of the colonies are listed one by one, withs tons of info, and extra links. Enjoy!
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Oh, wow, where to begin? I'm not a military person, but I do know that a quartermaster is in charge of the ship's navigation. Therefore he would need to use several calculations to find the ship's speed, how much distance it would cover AT that speed (in order to find an ETA), and be able to figure out which direction the ship needs to go to get to a certain point (there aren't exactly land references in the middle of the ocean). Many years ago, the quartermaster also would have been in charge of the ship's maps and for finding the latitude and longitude of the ship as well as keeping instruments and clocks in perfect running order. It's a much easier job today.
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Wow.  When you type in your homework questions, could you make it clear that it's a multiple choice ... and number the choices?  (The hardest part of answering these questions is figuring out what the darn question is.)\n\nFirst question:\n1. their ancestors had migrated from South America to the Galapagos Islands. \n\nSecond question:\n3. because of natural selection
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Hmmm.. So why start with 1803? I could give you the answer, but instead here is... http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/louisianapurchase/\nWhat was ONE of the huge events that literally forced people west in that time period? http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm\nWhy in the holy heck would your computer pick this period? http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/westexp.html\n\nThis is a DEEP thinker, and deservedly so.  It's almost a "what if"... What if gold had not been discovered?  What if Napoleon had not needed cash and the French still ownedmost of what we call the United States?  What if we hadn't wiped out most of the natives between KC and LA?  What if... read and think  a little and form some opinions, and ask yourself... What if?\n\nRegardless, stay away from the Wiki-answers on this one.   This is about YOUR thinking.  You're going to get graded on YOUR answer.  Be careful about just copying something in.  It's an online test, and you're online (they know this, man!).  Shape an answer and an opinion based on your findings... \n\n I like this test!
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O.K. first hand experience here, Chris and i set sail in three ships, after being on the big water for about 2 months, the ships started breaking up and Chris said "Look, that's American wood" i said "Chris the ships are breaking up on us." About that time the guy in the crows nest said "LAND" We got real close to the shore and could see the native Americans celebrating "Not have been discovered yet day", with beer and pizza, then this fine looking little indian girl came running out to the water's edge and said "What are ya'll doing coming around here in those ships", Chris said "We come to discover ya'll, America" she said "y'all need to discover your butt away from here" But, we went ashore and smoked the peace pipe (good stuff), eat pizza and drank some beer with the native Americans, I tried to tell the chief, "Hey when thay start talking about reservations, they ain't talking about no motel man.", but he act like he didn't hear me. That's the way it was back in 1492, just a few short years ago.***
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What did Drake find out on his voyage around the world?\nDrake's voyage helped to give a more accurate picture of the true geography of the world. During the course of the voyage, Drake discovered that Tierra del Fuego, the land seen to the south of the Magellan Strait, was not part of a southern continent as had been believed previously, but an archipelago, or group of islands. Francis Fletcher, the chaplain on Drake's ship described it like this:\n\nIn passing along we plainly discovered that same Terra Australis to be no continent, but broken islands and large passages amongst them....\n\nThis meant that if the American continent was not connected to a southern continent, the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans met at Cape Horn. It should be possible to sail ships around the bottom of South America, south of Tierra. This was the Cape Horn route, eventually discovered in 1616.
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Try this:\nhttp://www.geographic.org\nhttp://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/167.html
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u doing the DAR? so is my cousin. it was a time of misery. the pilgrims arrived, were divided into groups of explorers, builders, and farmers. they started advancing up the james river and settled on james island. but there was no water their but there was contaminated water and thirsty peeps drank it and died and people also died of dysentery because of the disease ridden mosquitoes living around the dirty water. the supply ships had delayed their trip to avoid the rough winter seas, so they were out of food 4 almost a hole year. and then came new hope, the indians, and i hope you no it from there
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Here you go darlin have fun translating\n\n1.)Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India (in order to trade for spices). He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504\nThe First Trip set sail on Aug. 3, 1492 from Palos, Spain, and on October 11, 1492, spotted the Caribbean islands off southeastern North America. They landed on an island they called Guanahani, but Columbus later renamed it San Salvador.\nOn a second, larger expedition (Sept. 25, 1493-June 11, 1496), sailed with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 men to find gold and capture Indians as slaves in the Indies. On a third expedition (May 30, 1498-October 1500), Columbus sailed farther south, to Trinidad and Venezuela (including the mouth of the Orinoco River)On his fourth and last expedition (May 9, 1502-Nov. 7, 1504), Columbus sailed to Mexico, Honduras and Panama (in Central America) and Santiago (Jamaica). Columbus is buried in eastern Hispaniola (now called the Dominican Republic). \n\n\n\n2.)Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. He "discovered" the Incan empire and conquered it brutally and quickly, stealing immense hoards of gold, silver, and other treasures. \nPizarro landed at San Mateo Bay in 1532. After traveling through desert and snow-capped mountains, Pizarro and his men (who included Hernando de Soto) arrived at Cajamarca (in 1533), where they captured Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas. Atahuallpa had just won a civil war against his half-brother (Huáscar), and had executed Huáscar and his family. Atahuallpa had invited Pizarro to a celebratory feast, thinking that the Spanish were not much of a threat. Pizarro ambushed Atahuallpa and killed thousands of his men. Atahuallpa offered a huge ransom for his own release, but Pizarro took the treasure and had Atahuallpa strangled on Aug. 29, 1533; this was the end of the Incan empire. \n\nAfter looting and generally destroying the Incan capital of Cusco, Pizarro founded Lima (which he called Ciudad de los Reyes, which means "City of the Kings"). Pizarro was assassinated in Lima, Peru, in 1541, by followers of Pedro de Almagro (Cortes' captain) who wanted to seize Lima for its riches. \n\n3.)Da Gama was born to a noble family in Sines, Portugal. Da Gama's father Estavao was also an explorer. He was to have made the sea voyage from Portugal to India that eventually made his son famous, but the elder da Gama died before completing the journey. \n\nVasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to the East. At the time, many people thought that da Gama's trip would be impossible because it was assumed that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas. Da Gama's patron was King Manuel I of Portugal. \n\nDa Gama rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope on November 22, and continued on to India. After many stops in Africa, and problems with Muslim traders who did not want interference in their profitable trade routes, da Gama reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498. \n\nAt first, da Gama and his trading were well-received, but this did not last for long. Da Gama left India on August 29, 1498, after he was told to pay a large tax and leave all of his trading goods. When he left, da Gama took his goods with him, together with some Indian hostages. \n\nDa Gama returned to Lisbon, Portugal, in September, 1499. Along the way many crew members died from scurvy (a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C). Upon his return, da Gama was treated as a hero and was rewarded by the king. \n\nKing Manuel I of Portugal then sent da Gama, now an Admiral, on another expedition to India (1502-1503). On this second trip, da Gama took 20 armed ships (anticipating problems from Muslim traders). On this voyage, da Gama killed hundreds of Musli
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Map of Puerto Rico on Yahoo! \n\nYahoo! Shortcut - About \nthe same with all the maps and blue prints
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Not his original, but the image in the middle of the first link I'm listing is pretty close to Descartes' from De Meteorologica.  The second source has several modern takes on the image as well as a nice physical explanation of what is going on.
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In past times, drawing maps was an extremely difficult task: without airplanes, maps were built together by joining many heterogeneous measurements and observations from different explorers, on earth and oceans all around the world. Every map was somehow unique and contained big flaws. If you look at the maps of South America from the years 1500-1600, you will see that there is no west border of Peru, because the Pacific Ocean was still unknown, and other big lands as Australia and Antarctica were absent...!\nAs the explorations increased, the maps improved, but the process was slow.\n\nA quality leap took place with the introduction of aerial photographs. Putting together photographs with a little bit of geometry, you can easily derive precise maps. Still, it requires a lot of work.\n\nNowadays, the entire Earth surface is monitored real-time by orbiting satellites, with an accuracy of a few meters. Starting from these data, image-processing computers can automatically draw maps in 2D or 3D as part of an almost fully automated process. No differences can be found between today's maps, because they rely on the same measurements and there is very little margin to any improvement. So, we can say that today, the Earth mapping and the matching between different maps is a completely solved problem.
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There was a great seven-part series on PBS in 1992 for the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovering "America", or more specifically the Western Hemisphere ala Santo Domingo.  Like many discoveries it was a happy accident in the pursuit of a shorter route to Asia, the spice route, and to India, hence the term the West Indies.  \n\nOne of the more fascinating aspects is the perception of European Exploration through the years.  At the 400th anniversary in the 1890's the west's attitude was one of the white race conquering primitive lands and civilizing the uncivilized.  Here in Chicago, the Columbian Exposition in 1893 showcased the progress of America with the most perfect "White City" as a commemoration of this event.  \n\nA mere 100 years later with political correctness more prevalent(Dances with Wolves as an example) we see more of how unique cultures have been lost to European greed and conquest.  Where was the celebration?  The event became more of a chance for the world to become introspective in examining the pros and cons of this discovery, and seemed to acknowledge plenty of each.\n\nWikipedia has additional observations -- see the link below.
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I can assume you're working on the Jamestown 400. :)  Well, let me just tell you this, "lama barn goings" does translate out to make sense--THREE words, starting with "a", "i",  & "b" respectively.  And to find out where Alexander Hamilton was, try typing in on Google (in quotes) the message you quoted but replace "A.H." with his full name.  That should lead you to the information you need. :)\n\n(I edited this because I had mistakenly included confusing misinformation! )
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http://www.losttv-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16635&highlight=locke+image Check that out! Scroll down till you see the map.\n\nThe image on the ceiling of the hatch was pretty cool. On a couple of the Message Forums online there is a frame capture and you can see it really clear. I don't have the link for it cause i saw it awhile ago but If was really cool. Someone else also broke it down in great detail. The image appears to show the island and all the different hatches and locations on the island. Any thing of significance location wise is on the map. Two forums that I use are http://www.losttv-forum.com/forum/ and http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index.html