The Great Explorers

to push them to the next level of what they are trying to conquer. All of the greatest athletes and explorers have had to overcome likely monsters in they life to get what they wanted to achieve. “A long history of military conflict with he Islamic world converged with early modern religious tensions and age-old legends of the world beyond the borders of Europe to convince most European explorers that they would encounter new

explores. Jedediah smith was a clerk, frontiersman , hunter, trapper, author, cartographer. During his long forced halt at Dubois, Smith learned from friendly Crow Indians of an easy pass through the Rocky Mountain. Smith’s claim as one of the great explorers of the American West. Jedediah eloped the Rocky Mountains. He was one of the best that was known. He was known for exploring. Smith explored a really large area of the Far West during his short life. He began his western voyages in 1822, when

Although explorers enslaved many Natives, they did many great things for the world that overcome slavery. Explorers spread many new ideas, contributed greatly in market economy, and were superior navigators. The explorers invented a system, which is still used today, that is called “Market Economy”. For example, Merchants gained great wealth through Market Economy because, they would sell or trade goods all around the world. When Market Economy became popular, many Merchants used their wealth

Marco polo The greatest explorer ever the world's finest explorer was marco polo |is mainly known for the book he wrote about his travels, The Travels of Marco Polo, and his sharing of Asian Spices, marked him as a great influence all the way back then going onto today still teaching kids about marco polo besides his long lasting fame,hardly any was known about the personal or the private life of Marco Polo. Marco Polo explored the majority of Asia and some of the Middle East. Marco Polo didn't

paper about Eric the red. Eric the red was many things an explorer, a murderer, and a husband here’s the life of Eric the red. Who was Eric the red? Eric was a viking explorer that did some bad things. Eric was born in 950 BCE at Jaaren southern Norway.“Erics red hair and beard earned him his nickname” (Dr.Anne Millard Page 22). Eric also earned his nickname from his fiery temper that nobody wanted to mess with. Eric was a good explorer, but at a point in his life he started making bad decisions

The most important period to me was the Explorers because they made the known world a bigger place. First reason was because new goods were discovered and people started exchanging tools, foods, and inventions/ideas. The second reason is because the lands that were discovered were eventually named after explorers which had created new territories for countries.However this topic, Reformation & Religion also had a string impact because the 95 thesis was written by Martin Luther, which had caused people

Why the Explorers Shouldn’t be Glorified At the bloody hands of the explorers, lay millions of deaths. To honor these souls, we must not glorify these explorers for these awful crimes they have committed. These explorers have done many things that cannot be overlooked. They have brought in epidemics, they have killed people, and they have enslaved Native Americans. These inexcusable crimes are the very reason we should not be glorifying these explorers. The explorers killed people. Document 5

The famous Italian explorer Marco Polo is famous for his stories of the wonders and marvels of China and Central Asia. Although Polo is credited with introducing Europeans all that the East has to offer, it has also been claimed that the Italian explorer never even made it to China and faked his tales of his expedition in 1271. Marco Polo’s lack of mentioning key geographical and cultural features, his inaccurate accounts of his tale, and no existing Chinese records of Marco Polo’s existence in

While reading the letters of Christopher Columbus and other explorers in history, I found myself thinking about what they would experience in their travels. I also thought about how they would discover new lands and to what point they would work toward inhabiting those areas. I also looked at the experience from the perspective of those that already inhabited the land. What I found myself thinking about was twofold. I thought what a great accomplishment this was for the individuals that were discovering

constituting the basic minimum of human rights and proper international conduct.”-Document 12. Yes, explorers killed millions of natives with disease but explorers should be glorified because of the Columbian Exchange, they started beneficial cultural diffusion and the explorers were very intelligent people, not random sailors. There were many beneficial exchanges in the Age of Exploration, between the explorers and the natives, one of which was the Columbian Exchange. According to doc 3, European expansion