Strait of Magellan

I’m not going to lie, I’ve had a lot of weird days. Like that one time in sixth grade where I had bought two new packs of mechanical pencils for school, but when I checked my backpack, they were gone. Or that one time when I was ten and I went Christmas shopping with my mom late at night, and I could have sworn that one of the mannequins at JCPenney waved at me. However, yesterday was a day that I’m never going to forget. Yesterday was the day that my six-year old cat, Ringo, talked to me. I don’t

discoveries and success are captured in this adventures and classical song. Throughout the lyrics, you will be thrilled by the story of how the Strait of Magellan came to be. Although Magellan may not be in the top ten, or even top thousand singers in the world, his story will have you on the edge of your seat waiting for what happens next in his ship’s journey. Magellan never lived to share his accomplishments with Portugal because of his death by a tribe of natives, and only 18 of his 273 men made it home

A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester Outline The Medieval Mind I. The Dark Ages A. The Years A.D. 400 to A.D. 1000 1. Referred to as the Dark Ages because knowledge and literacy vanished during this era. 2. Rulers during this age were illiterate and most found it trivial. a. Emperor Sigismund said, “Ego sum rex Romanus et super grammatica”—as king of Rome, he was above grammar. B. Rome’s Fall in the Fifth Century 1. The Hsiung-nu (Huns) ravaged though Europe

Sir Francis Drake, an Englishman, was a bold sailor who inspired all of England on his expeditions. Drake was a hero in England who was called “El Draque”, which meant “the dragon”, in Spain. Spain hated Drake because he was a big threat. Drake was most famous for his successful circumnavigation around the world. In the circumnavigation, he found many riches and spices which made him even more famous and crowned a knight by Queen Elizabeth. He proved that he was more than a famous sailor, he was

reputation as a superb privateer, through returning to England with “Spanish treasure.” He is now known to have been secretly commissioned to participate in expeditions against the Spanish. He eventually became the first Englishman to navigate the “Straits of Magellan.” Another accomplishment of his was traveling “further up the west coast of America than any European”(BBC Sir Francis Drake). Through his travels he gained the distinction of being the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. In comparison

Describe both the positive and negative effects the Black Death and the breakup of the Mongol empire had during the Renaissance. •These two events not only left Europe with no way out for a long time, but they also intervened with the most important factor during this years. Trading. The positive effect it had was the growth of Europe's population which encouraged trading to keep on growing as well. Europe was now trading with Asia, which made it a lot easier, because of the fact that they could

“Pollution in the ocean is killing huge amounts of animals”. That is what we hear in the news almost everyday. Pollution in the ocean is a big problem that is happening right now,There are now close to 500 dead zones covering more than 245,000 km² globally, equivalent to the surface of the United Kingdom. We need to start finding ways to help oceans get cleaner. A good idea to help the ocean could be making a robot that will help clean the ocean, and help clean places where we as humans don’t regularly

In 1577, Queen Elizabeth chose Sir Francis Drake as the leader of an expedition intended to pass around South America through the Strait of Magellan and to explore the coast that lay beyond. The queen's support was advantageous; Drake had official approval to benefit himself and the queen as well as to cause the maximum damage to the Spaniards. This would eventually culminate in the Anglo–Spanish War. Before setting sail, Drake met the queen face-to-face for the first time and she said to him, "We

Francis Drake, later Sir Francis Drake, was an incredibly interesting man. Born in Devonshire, England around 1540 (no birth records for him exist) as the eldest of twelve sons born to the farmer Edmund Drake. When he was a teenager, Drake got his first taste of the sea as an apprentice to a merchant who sailed coastal waters between England and France. He picked up navigational skills well and was soon alongside his relatives, the Hawkinses. The Hawkinses were a group of privateers (fancy

They sailed southwards until they discovered a strait where they can pass through, he named it after him and we now call it the Strait of Magellan.  After passing through, he sailed across the vast Pacific Ocean and on March 17, 1521, he reached the Philippines.  April 1521 – Magellan was defeated and killed by the chieftain of Mactan, Lapulapu.  The Victoria, the smallest one, is the only ship that completed the