Megalosterra is a vast island, reaching 100 miles from the easternmost point to the westernmost point, and 60 miles from the northernmost point to the southernmost point. Ages ago, men sailed across the vast ocean to this relatively unknown land for a new life. Upon arrival to the island, scouts were sent east and west to map out the land. The people who stayed at the landing point built a small town, and named it Prima Urbium. Then, the leaders of the town named the island Megalosterra. The people
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Jacques Cartier was sent to go and sail across the Atlantic Ocean for many reasons, including rumors about valuable resources like gold and to find a passage to China through North America. The first reason for traveling was to find the rumors of finding items like gold and spices. King Francis
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Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees, NEVER!!” (Herrera). The Panama Canal began in 1903 to 1914. With the help from the French and the United States, Panama was able to succeed in the building of the canal. Theodore Roosevelt, the man who conducted the project, was able to unite the nations into helping him build the Panama Canal to connect the two main oceans. Panama was thought to be the easiest place to build a canal because
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wrote a poem about courage. She was a good student, but didn’t have patience when she wasn’t on the path that she wanted. She set many flying records and helped with the advancement of women in aviation. She became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and the first person to ever fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. During a flight to circle the globe Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in July 1937. Her plane wreckage
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The Panama Canal was a technological vision desired by the empires of late 19th century as it promised a high yield of economic remunerations. In the end, the Canal was opened in 1914 by the American Panama Canal Construction Company (McCullough, David). An ample amount of research has been conducted to examine the economic benefits of the Canal to nations besides Panama, such as lower US oil shipping costs, lower costs to the consumer, and faster travelling times for goods and people. The impact
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The Titanic's maiden voyage was a disaster because the first thing they didn’t do was pay attention to the messages that other ships sent. The captain seen the messages, but he chose to ignore them. Another thing that made this disaster happen was that the captain sets the ship to go full speed. Other ships warn them, but they didn’t listen. When the ship has struck ice the people started to evacuate the ship. The people used boats to evacuate,but they weren’t filled up all the way. The boats had
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Crazy things happens everyday in this world. Sometimes strange things appear every now and then. There are mysteries that are heard which may be solve or maybe not. Some leaves the people clueless and others leaves them with new knowledge. These are legends that been around for decades and centuries, which had hundreds of people trying to solve them. Everyone hears about people, cars, materials going missing or disappearing; but planes and ships disappearing in the same location over periods of time
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Amelia Earhart once said “Flying may not be plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” Amelia was a courageous and fearless female aviator her time, who set many flying records. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. Her father was Edwin Stanton Earhart, her mother was Amelia Amy Otis Earhart, and her younger sister was Grace Muriel Earhart. Their family would nickname Muriel and Amelia Muriel was Pidge and Amelia was Millie. Amelia lived in her house with her
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“How old is the Isthmus” Tony Coated in his video “How old is The Isthmus” he explains in the first part how do geologist measure time. But we first have to know the location and its characteristics. Panama, also known as the Isthmus of Darien is the piece of land that divides the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean and also joins North America and South America. After analyzing this theories I realized that the Isthmus of Panama have a very, very important role in the world. To understand the
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of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest species of tuna and lives near the top of the food chain within its ecosystem. Powerful and strong, they are known to have large appetites and a varied diet which allows them to grow to an average size to about 6.5 feet long and weigh up to 550 pounds, though some specimens have been known to be much larger. These fish are highly migratory, with distribution ranging from Newfoundland and Iceland to the Atlantic coasts
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