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through Central America. By linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Panama Canal cuts off nearly 8,000 miles from a ship’s journey around the Cape Horn. It is an important event in history because it affected trade and war strategy to make the U.S. more powerful and helpful to other nations. History Decades before the canal was put under construction, sailors and explorers desired a simpler, quicker way to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. People noticed that the Isthmus of Panama

Charles Lindbergh is most famously known for being the first person ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean nonstop. Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 in Detroit. Charles grew up on a farm, his dad a lawyer and mother a chemistry teacher. At the age of 18 Charles entered the university of Wisconsin. He showed an interest in Engineering, but soon became even more interested in aviation. At this time aviation was in a very early state. Planes are becoming safer, but they are still very unreliable

Amelia Earhart Kennedie Weems Citizens Christian Academy Amelia Earhart In Atchinson, Kansas on July 24, 1897, the little girl that would soon grow up to be the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean was born. Amelia Earhart was the oldest of two daughters of Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart (Brown, 1985, p. 4). Earhart’s sister, Muriel, was born three years later. Their father was a lawyer who worked for the railroad. Earhart’s parents traveled nearly year-round with the

Atlantis, which was written about in Plato's dialogues ( “Atlantis” Britannica School n. pag.). was a mystical island in the atlantic ocean. Atlantis has been talked about for thousands of years. Plato even said that Atlantis existed nine thousand years before his time (“Atlantis” Gale. Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained n.pag ). Thousand of people search for Atlantis every year, and find little. Most think that Atlantis is merely a myth, but some critics however say otherwise. Atlantis

became record-breaking regarding wind speed in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Despite Hurricane Patricia’s potential to cause destruction, Mexico prepared in advance and the storm dramatically changed upon reaching land. Days before reaching land, residents along the western coast of

Christopher Columbus took a total of four voyages, his intent was to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to reach Asia because he thought it would be would be shorter, safer, and less expensive than going around Africa to the Indies. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who ruled Spain at the time, funded his first voyage and promised “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” as long as he brought back riches and claimed land for Spain (Meltzer 67). On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain

Intro Many ships have sunk during voyages and aircrafts have crashed in the ocean. There is one place that has sunken ships and aircrafts. The Bermuda Triangle. It‘s also known as The Devil’s Triangle. The Triangle is 450,000 square miles. (Bermuda Triangle). The Triangle’s three vertices are in Miami, Florida, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and of course the island of Bermuda. There are two famous disappearances in the triangle. Flight 19 and the USS Cyclops. U.S.S. Cyclops The U.S.S. Cyclops is

why the triangle actually makes things disappear out in the Atlantic Ocean, but bad compass readings due to the magnetic fields and Electra fog , pilot error, and methane gas bubbles are the most probable solution to the mystery. Most people know just a little bit about the Triangle and the basics of what it has done but they don’t really know the real reason for why these things happen. The Bermuda Triangle is area of the Atlantic Ocean that makes a triangle. one tip if the triangle is by southern

The Transatlantic time was actually the Atlantic slave trade that took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through the 19th centuries. The search for new trade routes, the rise of merchant capitalism, and the desire to exploit the potential of a global economy initiated the European age of discovery. European exploration and colonization frequently had disastrous results for the indigenous peoples. The transatlantic discord that has emerged since the late 1990s marked a historical breakpoint

The Abnormal Physical Effects On Atlantic Croaker by High Dosages of Bisphenol A (BPA) Adrian Morales University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Biology Department Melissa Charo, Francisco Hernandez, Naomi Williams Abstract: The main intention of this experiment is to distinguish whether the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) has effects on Atlantic Croaker fish. Samples from Atlantic Croaker were taken from both tributaries, one being a Bisphenol A (BPA) free tributary, and the other being filled