history because without her Lewis and Clark may not have reached the pacific, she left a legacy, also an inspiration to young females. First, Without Sacagawea without her Louis and Clark may have not reached the pacific. Sacagawea was a proud explorer, entrepreneur, and guider.(Ducksters Educational Site) She was best known for acting as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.(National Parks Service,)A few years after the expedition she gave birth to her daughter Lizette. (Ducksters Educational
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Cabeza De Vaca: How did he survive? In 1528, a Spanish explorer by the name of Cabeza De Vaca washed ashore the east side of Texas on a raft, he arrived naked with no shoes, and later, an Indian band of natives acted as Cabeza’s caretaker, but then later enslaved him. In 1530, two years later, Cabeza finally escaped from his Indian captors and he joined an Indian tribe called the Charrucos. They gave Cabeza the freedom to trade their goods among nearby Indian groups, exchanging shells for hides
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The voyage lasted around twenty-eight months, and its group traveled around eight thousand miles. Throughout the expedition, the group interacted with Native Americans, animals, and plants; its two leaders documented all information in their journals, which were to be read by Jefferson. Albeit a “Northwest Passage” wasn’t discovered, the expedition provided priceless information about wildlife, terrain
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regarding the celebratory image of Christopher Columbus are the common misconceptions of him and his explorations. Firstly he didn’t even discover the Americas. The first written account of westward exploration and discovery was documented by the Norse explorer Lief Ericson in the eleventh century. Columbus himself even believed that he landed on the west shore of the Asian continent on a landmass deemed the West Indies. This is where we get the term Indians, named for where Columbus thought he had landed
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In their arrogance they were blinded to the fact that those so called savages they sought to civilize were already developed into a complex and structured societies that excelled in many elements of social workings. One keen example of a civilized native society was that of the Chumash who inhabited the coast of the Santa Barbara County, of what was then called Alta California, for the better part of one or more millennia; this longstanding influence on the land can be seen in the names of places
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language) was an Italian explorer born in Genoa, circa 1451. His mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, about whom not much is known. His father was Domenico Columbo, a weaver who also owned a cheese stand, at which Christopher worked. Domenico was generally well-respected in his small community; however, he wasn’t known for his strong work ethic. Perhaps this wasn’t such a bad thing, as if he made a lot of money, maybe Christopher and his brother Bartholomew wouldn’t have become explorers to make money! In
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Boar is an animal that grows between 110-200 pounds and is typically brown or black and 1.8-3.6 feet big. This species is native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. “Wild Boars are an Old World species and are not native to the Americas.” (History). This species originated from domestic stock brought to North America by early European explorers and settlers. Ecological/Economic Impact When I first thought of
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Florida, situated within two counties-Manatee in the north and Sarasota in the south, Longboat Key is just south of Anna Maria Island. The original inhabitants of Longboat Key are believed to be the Timucan and Caloosa Native American tribes. In the late 1530s, the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto ventured into the region with with his scout, Juan Anasco, making their journey in what were called longboats through the north pass. In the 1800s, Jean Lafitte of New Orleans, who was also called the Gentleman
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were led by Sir Richard Grenville. Shortly after the arrival the men begin to suspect that local Indians have stolen a silver cup from them. In retaliation they destroy their village and burn the chief alive. Despite the obvious discourse with the natives, Grenville decides to leave the men there to build the proposed colony. He vows to return in April of 1586. When April passes and there is no sign of Grenville the men decide to hitch a ride home with Sir Francis Drake. Drake had stopped at the colony
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Introduction: The native oyster population of the Navesink and Shrewsbury estuary was a key component to the environment, biological health of the waterways and important economic component of the regions early development. The loss of this key element of the healthy estuary ecosystem has negatively impacted the environment through the absence of the oysters filtering capabilities and habitat development from oyster reefs and a healthy and thriving oyster population. The proposed reintroduction
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