Essays Tagged: "Atlantic"

Investing in Canada

argest country in the world, occupying close to 10 million square kilometres of land bounded by the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. Canada shares a 6,000 kilometre border and the five largest fre ... er lakes in the world with the United States. Known as the Great Lakes, they provide a route to the Atlantic via the St.- Lawrence Seaway, permitting direct access to international markets.More intern ...

(9 pages) 195 0 3.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Hurricane Mitch, costs, records and statistics

Mitch developed in the Caribbean Sea in October 1998 and became one of the strongest and deadliest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. Some of the details of the hurricane and its effects are summaris ... details of the hurricane and its effects are summarised below.Most hurricanes which develop in the Atlantic Ocean originate from small disturbances in the weather over western Africa (known as tropic ...

(2 pages) 52 0 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

"The Middle Passage" A short story in the first person of a slave being taking from their homeland, Africa, across the Atlantic.

ogether we managed even in times of doubt.Then came the voyage from my homeland, Africa, across the Atlantic. I was one of over 600 people taken from their work, life and loved ones onto what they cal ...

(1 pages) 40 0 4.6 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The USS George Washington (SSBN-598):Ballistic Missile Class Submarine

hed ballistic missiles). Her first mission was a missile test in 1960 in which, standing out in the Atlantic, successfully launched the first Polaris missile from a submerged submarine and in a messag ... eorgefish." The ship made 55 deterrent patrols, many of which were during the Cold War, in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a span of 25 years.

(2 pages) 16 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

The relationship between sugar and slavery in the early modern period.

us for the development of the plantation system that matured in the Mediterranean, spreading to the Atlantic and later the Americas on the back of the sugar trade, it was also such a concern which mad ... sugar mills, for a time, the largest sugar exporter in the world), in the Canaries and in the other Atlantic islands ensured it as a system which would oft repeat itself in history. The European disco ...

(18 pages) 157 2 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Atlantic Conveyor Belt System

s and becomes denser and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Most of the sinking happens in the North Atlantic portion of the conveyor (Atlantic).The warm waters of the North Atlantic Conveyor Belt are ... ense. During winter the cold salty water sinks thousands of meters below the surface and form North Atlantic Deep Water. The heat released during the formation of these waters is responsible for the r ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

Charles Lindbergh Charcater Sketch

The first trait that I most admire about Lindbergh is his bravery. He flew non-stop across the Atlantic for 33 hours straight. I love aviation and all, but I couldn't sit in a cockpit for 33 hour ... o deal with unconfident people in his abilities. A good example of this is when he was crossing the Atlantic, he knew that no matter what it took he would cross the Atlantic, disregarding all warnings ...

(2 pages) 1293 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

There are many religions in which people hold their faith

?The Enslavement of an estimated ten million Africans over a period of almost four centuries in the Atlantic slave trade was a tragedy of such scope that it is difficult to imagine, much less comprehe ... nd linguistic groups were broken up, either on the coasts of Africa or in the slave pens across the Atlantic. Most brutal of all, the exigencies of the slave trade did not allow the preservation of fa ...

(5 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The task was to write an analytical essay on Nicholas Carrs article Is Google Making Us Stupid from The Atlantic Magazine.

t, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (Carr). This is the question that Nicholas Carr in an essay in The Atlantic tries to raise and to answer. When reading Carr's essay, the question arises whether the ex ... ks citedCarr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains." The Atlantic Jul. 2008: n. pag. The Atlantic. Web. 25 Apr 2010

(3 pages) 31 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking