Pacific (zone‚ area) ocean‚ Asia pacific‚ pacific rim countries. Origin of the name ‘Pacific’: 1521 Magellan coined the word‚ he thought the ocean was calm that came as a mistake. Ancient maps: Pacific Ocean/ south sea Bougainville‚ la Perouse‚ James Cook: famous explorers. This part of the world was discovered lately. In the middle ages‚ the world was represented in a TO map. Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa. Terrarum Orbis (Latin words) For a long time‚ it was considered as a vacuum: emptiness. It represents
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marketing method for one of the Travel and Tourism organisation. Introduction- Thomas Cook is one of the European tour operators which are well known in holiday travel industry. The company offers more than thousand domestic and outbound destinations around the world. Thomas Cook package holidays associates with various brands which are; Neilson Ski & Snowboard‚ Manos‚ Airtours‚ Thomas Cook Flights‚ Thomas Cook holidays and Sunset (thomascook.com‚ 2012). PEST analysis: Political: It is a fact
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Olson speaks of the extreme diversity tourist encounter as soon as they arrive at a Hawaiian airport. He states‚ “Once out of the airport‚ they encounter what is probably the most genetically mixed population in the world. To the genes of Captain Cooks sailors and the native Polynesians has been added the DNA of European missionaries” (Olson 251). Through this statement‚ Olson is trying to give a picture of the extreme amount of diversity throughout these islands which was influenced by James Cook’s
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Climate Change and the Ross River Virus Climate change may be a politically contentious issue‚ but the scientific community has reached a consensus: it is real and the effects could be disastrous (Hughes‚ 2003). Within the next century‚ there will be changes in rainfall patterns‚ rising sea-levels and significant temperature increases‚ as well as the impact these conditions will have on flora‚ fauna and disease transmission (Hughes‚ 2003). Of particular concern to Australia is how these changes
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Hawai’i By: Kaleem Minor In January 1778‚ James Cook of Britain made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. He was the first European to ever visit the island group‚ which he named the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his patrons‚ John Montague‚ the Earl of Sandwich. The ships then made a brief stop at Ni’ihau‚ the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands‚ and headed north to look for the western end of a northwest passage from the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost one year
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The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a cetacean inhabiting the marine arctic and is found throughout the arctic seas as well as smaller seas such as the Beaufort Sea‚ the Chukchi Sea‚ the Bering Sea‚ Cook Inlet‚ and several other seas (Frost and Suydam‚ 2010). This species is migratory and will migrate to shallower coastal waters during the summer‚ but as winter approaches they travel back to the northern icy waters (Goetz et al.‚ 2012). Beluga’s feed on small fish‚ as well as squid‚ octopus
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looking for a diverse lifestyle elsewhere plays a major role in the decline in communal life in the Pacific. People want to experience a different way of life from the traditional communal way of living (Stahl & Appleyard‚ 2007). For example‚ Cook Islanders that still reside in a communal way of living‚ everything from chores to eating and entertainment are done together with the other members of the family or community‚ but many are pulling away from this way of life because they prefer to
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Island and the way they may have been constructed and transported. In ideas they believe the people of the island worshiped the statues as a resource or religion. Everybody who tells this story sees it in a different perception but if you asked Captain Cook he think he will know the answer. “What Happened On Easter Island- A New Scenario” Summary Easter Island is about 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean‚ and is located around 2‚300 miles from Chile’s West Coast and 2‚500 miles east of Tahiti
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does most of the population live? | Eastern and southeastern coast | (AU) Low or high standard of living | high | 1st Australians | Aborigines | Who killed‚ infected‚ and drove of Aborigines? | Europeans | Claimed AUS for UK | Captain James cook | (AU) most immigrants come from- | pacific islands and
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We are living in an age of information and communication revolution which has welded the whole world into a global village. In the changed scenario training in a well-equipped and well reputed institution has become a necessity. I have been hoping and planning to earn an MBA for the past six years since graduating from High School and am excited to now be on the cusp of making that dream a reality. I‚ Affin George am a resident of in . My (late-IF DEAD) father was a . I have been blessed enough
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