Ferdinand I

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Northern Portugal in 1480. As a young child he studied maps and navigation and his dream was to become an explorer. His parents were a part of the Portuguese nobility and when they died, Magellan became a page for the queen when he was only ten years old. In 1505, when Ferdinand twenty, he joined a fleet of Portuguese ships that were sailing to East Africa. From then on he became a sailor in the Portuguese fleet. In this position Magellan sailed as far as the Moluccas

“Pagsambang Bayan” is a theatrical presentation of martial law that still has implications today, particularly with the recent Congressional decision to allow President Obama an expansion of power through martial law during 2014. In September 1972 Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law on the Philippines as the last defense against the anarchic chaos of the violent student demonstrations, the fear of communist insurgency by the newly formed Communist Party in the Philippines, and the Muslim separatist

that they are a car company that will not fall into this trap of cookie cutter but design beautiful crafted cars to stand out from the rest. Porsche AG (shortened) has proven to be unique and outstanding in their own way from the start ever since Ferdinand Porsche, the founder, started the company in 1931 in Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche has been a mainstay in Europe and undoubtedly in Germany since 1931 but started selling their cars to the United States in 1950. At the time, mostly men were

The Law is Always Right: Frederick V vs Ferdinand II in the Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War that spanned most of the Holy Roman Empire drawing in most of the European superpowers of the time started off as a much smaller rebellion in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the east of the Empire. The Bohemian revolt started with the Defenestration of Prague where two Catholic regents and a secretary were thrown out of a window by a group of frustrated Protestants. The regents had been

got his experience from seafaring in Portugal Believed that the Atlantic was small and nothing was between Europe and Asia Portugal denied Columbus’s plan, so he turned to the spaniards Relies on Spain 15th century the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand created the strongest alliance and a couple which was eager to show their country’s power by sponsoring expeditions In 1492, Columbus set off westward to find a faster route to the Indies Columbus’s First Voyage Ninety men and three ships - Nina

wealth and riches. Countries such as Portugal, Spain, and England all developed ways to gain wealth through travel, whether it be sending people to explore and hopefully find valuables, or expanding economic theories. People such as Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Hernan Cortes, along with the idea of mercantilism, attempted to gain wealth through exploration. Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, tried to gain wealth by venturing to India. The king had asked da Gama to find a route to India

It was on September 21, 1972 when President Ferdinand E. Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law. The President claimed that ‘lawless elements’ supported by a foreign power were plotting to overthrow the lawfully elected government and that martial law was necessary to save the Republic and reform the society (Lim). On the other hand, tourism is defined as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for

Prison and Protest Poetry Poetry is not literal, almost by definition. As art, it shows the readers a higher truth that is expressed in a nonliteral, nonlinear way, a way that is completely original to the artist who has composed it (Vardavas, 2015). Prison writing has long been a distinctive and admired genre. Some date its origins back to the early third century when Saint Perpetua sat in her cell in Carthage, penning her "Passion" while she awaited martyrdom. Among subsequent giants are Alexander

Early definitions of community considered term primarily as one related to social integration and face-to-face communication involving a feeling of membership and shared emotional connection (Tonnies, 1957). In this way, communities acted similarly to extended families and the likely result was members who remained united despite factors that might divide them, including distance (Tonnies, 1957). These early meanings partially explain why people often consider community in terms of geographic proximity

It all started when I went back to public school, I knew I was different from all the other kids, no one liked me, I had no friends, everyone made fun of me, and I hated it. It was the first day of sixth grade and I was excited, but I knew that I needed to make new friends because I left all my friends at my other school. I wasn’t smart, so I had to be put in the regular classes with all the bad kids. They weren’t smart and they didn’t care about school, but I just had to deal with it. Almost every