Falkland Islands

The story of the lost colony of Roanoke is one of the great mysteries of American history. This story begins in the year 1590, William Wythers, a 16 sixteen-year-old runaway apprentice, joins the emigrants bound for Virginia. William Wythers is a hard working, skilled teen who cares so much about other people including his younger sister. He is very skilled in carpentry, he will use these skills as he the new world, Virginia. William hopes to acquire land and fortune so that eventually he can send

In Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jim Hawkins develops a growing sense of integrity and eventual ability to do what is morally right, no matter what the personal cost. Jim goes from behaving like a kid ready for an adventure out at sea to an independent person understanding the ups and downs of the journey and understanding struggle. In the beginning of the novel, Jim becomes very excited, not thinking about the many troubles he may run into. All he wants rise to have the freedom to take

to learn more about Alcatraz. Someday I want to go there. This essay will explain why an Army prison was turned into a federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, who were some famous inmates that once occupied a cell there and, it will detail some of the attempted escapes from Alcatraz. In 1933, the U.S. Army “relinquished” control of the island of Alcatraz “ to the U.S. Justice Department” (History.com). At that time the federal government “wanted a federal prison that could house a criminal population

People say that Alcatraz was the most feared prison in America. Alcatraz was a prison island that way very secure and was surrounded by dangerous waters. Frank Morris and the Algin brothers died escaping Alcatraz. One reason of how they died was how dangerous the waters or the San Francisco Bay are. Page 6 paragraph 9 states “The shark infested water”. This quote shows how the three prisoners cold have died from a shark attack. Page 9 paragraph 2 states “The current would have pulled them to

Millions of years ago in Hawaii, a massive volcano erupted but no one knows how or why. One day in Hawaii, a 13 year old girl named Orabelle who loved the island, that was strong, went on a walk down by the beach being very angry with her parents, she goes on walks to cool herself down from being heated up. When she would go down to the beach, which was on occasions, she would pick up seashells and throw them into the ocean. Everytime she gets angry she makes the volcano erupt a little bit at a

area was scanned by a colonizing expedition ordered by Sir Walter Raleigh so he sent Sir Richard Greenville and Sir Ralph Lane and they built the Citie of Raleigh in 1585 before heading back to England the next year. Its current location today is an island in Dare County in present day North Carolina, surrounded by the Atlantic coast. The next year in 1587, an English colony was settled by a group of 117 men, women,

ill-fated” (Link, 20). The colonists soon concluded that Roanoke was not an appropriate location for their colony so Sir Richard Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and one-hundred and seven other men to establish the colony at the north end of Roanoke Island. Sir Richard Grenville traveled back to England and promised to return sometime in spring 1586

Pythagoras was referred to as the first mathematician. Born on the island of Samos, Greece 569 BC, and died on between 500 BC AND 475 BC in Metapontum, Lucania, Italy. Pythagoras had between two to three brothers. Some historians believed Pythagoras was married to a women named Theano and had two children named Damo and Telauges who succeed Pythagoras as a teacher. Pythagoras was considered well educated, and played the Iyre, which is an instrument similar to the harp. He also knew poetry and recited

attack on Manisses villages in Block Island, Rhode Island. The attacks occurred in late August of 1636, when Colonel John Endicott created a force of ninety soldiers and launched a expedition in retaliation for the murder of trader John Oldham. On August 24th this force of ninety soldiers set sail from Boston in track to Block Island with the order to kill all the men and to capture all the women and children. They landed along the east beaches of the island and created Base camp close near their

The Roanoke Voyages were England’s first attempt at settling in North America. Sir Walter Raleigh asked for Queen Elizabeth’s permission to begin exploration and she agreed to let him organize the expedition. However, he was not allowed to be physically involved in the actual voyages because she believed he was a valuable asset to her and did not want him travelling far away. The first expedition, in 1584, was an exploratory venture. Sir Walter Raleigh arranged for two ships to begin the exploration