Ferdinand Tönnies

While Ferdinand Magellan was still living he had once said, “The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible...it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors...to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown.” A what he means by this is, to achieve your goal you have to work hard in order to make

created, maps were being updated, and new navigational tools were invented. All of this was able to happen due to Vasco da Gama who was the first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, Christopher Columbus who discovered the “New World,” and Ferdinand Magellan who circumnavigated the globe. In order to sail for long periods of time, ships such as the stocky Barca were needed. The Barca had a large build which helped sailors carry large amounts of food and water. Since the Barca was used

renaissance because people were getting new trades and discovering new places, which connects to the theme of the rebirth of the renaissance. Three of the key explorers of that time period were Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, and Cristoforo Colombo, and some of them were heroes and some were villains. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who explored a western sea route to the Spice Islands. He split up three ships so that they divide and conquer most of the different branches of the channel

and 16th century, countries such as Portugal set out to find out more about the world in an era called the “Age of Exploration.” The explorers set out on voyages mainly to find sea trade routes to Asia. Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan were the explorers that made the most important breakthroughs. They used different boats, tools, and maps to help them explore. Although Vasco da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488 to find a trade route to India, he was

was growing, and transportation was becoming a necessity for all German families. In 1933, Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler moved to make transportation easier, cheaper, reliable, and more available to the common German household. Adolf enlisted Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, a previously successful car designer, to build a car that had to be reliable and durable, all costing less than 1,000 German Marks. Adolf aspired for a “Volks-Wagen”, or “People’s-Car”, in English, that every German could afford, drive,

Jacques Cartier was a French explorer. In 1531 Jacques Cartier set out on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage. This was the same passage John Cabot looked for when he was trying to find a route through North America that led to the Pacific Ocean. First Voyage: Born in Saint-Malo, France on December 31, 1491, Cartier reportedly explored the Americas, particularly Brazil, before making three major North American voyages. In 1534, King Francis I of France sent Cartier—likely because of his

Chapter Two Summary When news of Magellan’s planned voyage reaches King Manuel, he becomes alarmed. Fearing the possibility of a successful Spanish voyage and the loss of Portuguese naval secrets, he sends the Portuguese ambassador Alvaro de Costa to find Magellan. Although de Costa says the king will reconsider the request for an expedition, this promise has a dark undertone. If Magellan and Faleiro refuse to come back to Portugal, de Costa warns that they will lose all their honor, that their family

Origin of the empire In 1504, Queen Isabella died, King Ferdinand ruled Isabella’s side of Spain with their eldest surviving child Joanna of Castile, who also known as “The mad”. In 1516, Ferdinand’s death led to a new chapter of Spain, Joanna and Phillip I’s son Charles ruled the Spanish empire and created the Holy Roman Empire. In 1556, he stepped down and passed the Holy Roman Empire to his brother, Ferdinand. The Spanish empire to his only surviving son Phillip II who after a succession crisis

couch while the woman arrives home from work looking energetic with a young child, bags of shopping and speaking on the phone. Through Semiotics, the study of signs and their meanings, I will analyse the text using Charles Pierce’s triadic model and Ferdinand Saussure 's semiology and his dyadic model of the signifier and the signified. I argue that the advertisement conveys particular meanings through identifiable signs that convey myths about gender roles in society. The advertisement works to convey

does the opposite. While this is true, both explores worked faithfully in favor of the Catholic Church, but they each held different beliefs on the treatment of natives as slaves. Christopher Columbus was an Italian who worked on behalf of, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I. The Spanish monarchs’ ultimate goals were to find a trade routine to India, Asia and to spread the Catholic religion to others. They financed Columbus with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria to find a western route to India