On the 14th of March‚ 1493‚ Christopher Columbus composed a letter to Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon in regards to his first voyage. In his letter‚ Columbus claims to have discovered and taken possession of a series of Islands‚ located on the Indian Ocean‚ thirty-three days after his departure from Cadiz. Columbus goes on to describe the islands‚ one of which being Hispaniola‚ exaggerating their size and riches and suggesting that China lies nearby. Columbus presents the islands in
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Cabeza De Vaca set sailed in 1527. Columbus searched for a route to Asia‚ but instead ended up in a land filled with native Indians. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella‚ who during that time were Spanish monarchs. Several years later‚ Cabeza De Vaca was recruited for the expedition to be the expedition’s treasurer. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella’s Grandson‚ Charlves V. He traveled to North America from Spain and eventually landed on the different locations that Columbus stumbled upon
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de Champlain had vested interests in the success of their explorations‚ Columbus was far more the mercenary. Columbus‚ an Italian‚ had first offered his services to Portugal‚ France‚ and England before finally getting the Spanish sovereigns King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel to grant him permission and funding for a voyage. (p.66). He was therefore indebted to his employers so he claimed‚ without reservation for Spain‚ both the lands and the natives he encountered. (p.68). Columbus may not have known
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France‚ Spain and England were ruled by mostly kings. However we mustn’t forget the most memorable leaders these countries saw during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Such as Charles VIII‚ king of France‚ or Henry VIII‚ king of England and Ferdinand II‚ king of Spain. Being a fox or a lion are two extremely different attributes. Being a fox is more than simply being smart‚ it requires being clever and witty. This attribute is one less common among kings. Some of them were indeed clever
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opportunities by limiting sail time and difficulties for men of the sea. It proved to be a sluggish effort from the get-go‚ much to the French’s distaste‚ as locating the optimal digging location proved to be no easy feat. Led by the French hero‚ Ferdinand de Lesseps‚ the French force was incorrectly instructed that a sea level canal--as opposed to a lock-system--was the optimal canal to construct in Panama. Although they also received intel from the Americans who‚ due to a sum of time spent constructing
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1515. During the same period they opened up trade with China and established relations with Ethiopia. As other Portuguese kings had done‚ Emanuel dreamed of uniting Portugal and Spain under his rule and successively married two daughters of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I. Under pressure from his Spanish relations‚ he followed their example by expelling Jews and Muslims from his domains in 1497‚ thus depriving Portugal of much of its middle class. His son‚ John III‚ promoted the settlement of
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Reconquista5 between Spain and the Portuguese Moors which ended when Garanada the last Muslim strong hold was captured by Spain and after which the Edit of Expulsion was signed6 that Columbus was granted audience by Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon (Spain’s king and queen). In this opportunity Columbus promised the kingdom riches of gold‚ spices and precious stones‚ and also a new and safer trade route to the east. This came at a time when Portugal was making waves in the navigational
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She was also a very well educated woman which was not considered normal in that time. Born in Ferrara‚ in Northern Italy‚ in May of 1474‚ Isabella was the first daughter of Ercole I d ’Este‚ Duke of Ferrara‚ and Leonora of Naples‚ daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples‚ the Aragonese King of Naples‚ and Isabella of Taranto. She had an equally famous younger sister‚ Beatrice d’Este. Her father‚ Ercole strongly believed in equality‚ which led to her and five siblings to be well-educated. Beatrice‚
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Great Dane Doritos Commercial The commercial I choose to do my paper on was a Doritos commercial from Super Bowl XLII. In a Doritos ‘commercial‚ a man working in his garden becomes suspicious when he sees his Great Dane burying what appears to be the collar of a missing cat. Next thing the man knows he’s staring eye to eye with the pooch‚ who’s realized his master has caught him getting rid of evidence of a heinous crime. To buy his silence the dog slips his owner a bag of Doritos with a note
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BCM 110 revision PROBLEMS WITH THE MEDIA EFFECTS MODEL Anxiety about media effects began in 19th century about ‘mass media’ and ‘mass audience’ Gustave Le Bon: “the real has about as much influence on them as the real” Dystopian view: Inspires anxiety about its possible negative effects Utopian View: Inspires hope about its positive role in society People most at risk: children‚ youth‚ uneducated‚ working class‚ women‚ ‘not me’ view Shannon and Weaver (1949) Possibilities that could go
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