The Voyage

being is on journey known as life. Life is a long journey of self-discovery. As individuals, human beings are constantly seeking to determine who they are and where they belong in the world. Marcel Proust, a famous French novelist, once said “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” The narrator in the “Cathedral” showed that by just changing his perspective he could travel to new worlds and gain insight into the lives of others. The

Biographical Summary Jonathan Swift was born in the land of Dublin, Ireland on November 30th, 1667. Swift was born to English parents, Jonathan and Abigale Swift. Unfortunately, Swift’s father passed away before his son’s birth. At the age of three, Swift was raised by his late father’s family. He attended Kilkenny Grammar School with fellow student William Congreve, who would later become a dramatist. From there, Swift moved on to attend Trinity College in Dublin and Hart Hall in Oxford. Swift

agreed to the voyage . The King and Queen, seeing an end to the battle with the Muslims, looked to Columbus as someone who, if he were successful would be able to supply them with gold and also spread the gospel to the heathens in the lands he would surely come upon. While Queen Isabella was enthusiastic about the voyage, she lacked the funds to provide Columbus with the ships and equipment needed to make the voyage. So Queen Isabella looked to private investors to fund the voyages. Although Columbus

unimaginable discovery allowed the Portuguese to form a colonial empire in Asia. This discovery created it simpler for the Portuguese Empire to boost its trade which later improved their economy. Vasco Da Gama left from Lisbon, Portugal on his first voyage on July 8, 1497 because he wanted to prove that the Atlantic Ocean connected with the Indian Ocean. He had one hundred seventy men and four ships. The journey sailed on November 22 successfully

Juan Ponce de Leon was known as a great man who was always well prepared for voyages. A nickname that was given to him by the king was “Adelantado” meaning ahead. He was a great motivator to other explorers and was a husband and father. Many are led to believe that Juan Ponce de Leon was the first to discover Florida but this is not true. Juan Ponce de Leon was the first to discover the Gulf Stream and was the first to try to create a settlement on Florida and tried to inhabit the land with animals

The journey on my first voyage began through the Americas, I know it would be a long route and the directions to my discovery will be of great importance. Yet I was scared, but anticipated the unforeseen challenge in the sea and land that was to be conquered for the King and Queen of Spain. The Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes who love the holy Christian faith, and the propagation of it, and who are enemies to the sect of Mahoma and to all idolatries and heresies, resolved to send

In the year 1620, the Pilgrims took a high-risk voyage on the Mayflower to North America. After reading the historical narrative, “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford, I would join Bradford's expedition because he was religious and open to trying new things. William Bradford quickly turned into a courageous man in America. Personally, I would've preferred to be a part of the Plymouth voyage over the Jamestown voyage. The pilgrims were a very interesting group of people, simply for their

For Mark Twain, the June voyage of the S.S. Minneapolis was one of the most exciting events of his life. In May the newspapers throughout the country had announced that Twain had been invited to England to receive an honorary degree from Oxford University—the first humorist to be so honored when he received the cable announcement, he commented: “I never expected to cross the water again, but I would be willing to journey to Mars for that Oxford degree.” He sailed on June 8. Which was, by a curious

European explorers travelled all over the world searching for new trade routes and land. All these explorers had different motivations to go on voyages, and although religion was one of the motives of exploration, it wasn’t the main one. Economics and technology also played vital roles in European exploration. Firstly, religion was a major factor in European voyage. The travellers wanted to spread Christianity all over the world. Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal stated that he was inspired by “his

get in the way of achieving. The first step in Fosters Quest Theory is the quester, the person to go. The main purpose of a quest is self-discovery, a voyage of self discovery . The speaker says “As you set out for Ithaka- hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.” The writer states that as the adventure begins the voyage, he should assume it is a lengthy expedition. When Odysseus is sent to fight in the Trojan war, it created memories and experiences that could never be