Essays Tagged: "Atlantic Ocean"

Atlantis - Will we ever know?

ca 347 b.c.). (1) The Greek philosopher spoke in his works Timaeus and Critias of acontinent in the Atlantic ocean larger than Africa and Asia Minor combined which rivaledAthens as the most advanced i ...

(4 pages) 139 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

A Short Biography of Benjamin Franklin

ng political decisions to being the first person to study and chart the Gulf Stream movement in the Atlantic Ocean.Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. He was the fifteenth ...

(7 pages) 239 2 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Spain

umans because are formed from only steep gorges that lead higher summits.Spain is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean called the Gulf of Cadiz. The Huelva, Rota, and Cadiz ports lie on this coast and fur ...

(5 pages) 231 3 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Statue of Liberty New York

nd its assembly here in the United States.However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among the ...

(5 pages) 148 0 3.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

About England. Contains Government, Rulers, Ecomony, etc

west from the mouth of the Tweed River along Scotland, the Irish Sea, St. George's Channel, and the Atlantic Ocean to Land's End. The northern part extends from Solway on the west along the Cheviot Hi ...

(2 pages) 102 0 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Eighteenth Amendment. Reason, analysis, and the cause of the Ammendment.

cessity. Water could not always be trusted to be safe. And when onboard a ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean for a long period of time, fresh water can run out quickly. Back in Colonial times, t ...

(4 pages) 89 0 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Atlantis: We will never know. Speaks also of Plato's work in this

ca 347 b.c.). (1) The Greek philosopher spoke in his works Timaeus and Critias of acontinent in the Atlantic ocean larger than Africa and Asia Minor combined which rivaledAthens as the most advanced i ...

(4 pages) 48 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Location of Brazil

east; Bogota to the southeast; Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana to the south; and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.PLACE OF BRAZILThe landscape of Brazil is covered with plains, plateaus, ...

(3 pages) 120 2 2.6 May/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Ireland

IrelandIreland is a country in Europe with a coast on the Atlantic Ocean. It is called the Emerald Isle because of its green color. Its people derived mainly ... egrees in the south, to 57 degrees in the north. Westerly winds that pick up moisture from the warm Atlantic Ocean and drop it first over the western mountains. About 80% of the rest of the country ha ...

(4 pages) 96 0 3.2 Feb/1994

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Guayana

uyana is a country located on the northern coast of South America. It is bounded on the north by theAtlantic Ocean and on the east by Suriname. On the south side Guyana is bordered by Brazil, and on t ...

(4 pages) 79 1 4.6 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

A report on Charles Lindbergh's legendary flight

128.4) What this man has just accomplished is something nobody haddone before: fly nonstop over the Atlantic ocean alone. This was one of the many achievementsof this man we call Lindbergh, who create ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.5 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

A short story, Freshman Comp Class

at is my real home, for the first time in almost 40 years.Old John was a staple at the docks by the Atlantic Ocean in Kennebunkport, Maine. I had kept in contact with him from time to time, exchanging ...

(4 pages) 70 0 2.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Discuss the reasons for European overseas exploration and enterprise in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Why did they take place when and where they did?

hat would shape the modern world. This expansion was aimed toward the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean instead of towards the East as most European expansion had been in the past. There we ... uropeans, especially the Portuguese early on, began to leave the Mediterranean and venture into the Atlantic.Lack of trade with the East was hardly the only reason for the exploration of the Atlantic. ...

(2 pages) 82 0 4.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Distinctly Canadian

the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. ... s, except during rut, and travel on the fringes of migrating herds (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975).Atlantic Salmon, the true salmon, the largest members of the salmon family, are characterized by tas ...

(10 pages) 103 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Tourism in St Augustine, Florida

Tourism DestinationIntroductionSt. Augustine, North America's oldest city, rests on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Northeast Florida. This historic landmark lies with in close proximity to three of ... ity lies the St. Johns River, while to the east is the Intercoastal Waterway which empties into the Atlantic Ocean providing a natural inlet and bay for passing boats. Off shooting the rivers and wate ...

(11 pages) 106 0 3.9 Nov/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Fields And Sands

oplealways do, in the small town of Stornoway. They go in the opposite direction ontheir way to the Atlantic Ocean. Where the white sandy beaches are so pureand the beautiful shimmering waters flow up ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Any historical event with-world changing consequences will always have two sides to the story. What most Americans refer to today as the American Revolution is no different

statement and attempt to avoid every tax that Parliament could dream up in the process. Across the Atlantic Ocean in England's Parliament, some men such as William Pitt and Edmund Burke understood op ... nists were being pinched, and the English merchants were feeling the squeeze all the way across the Atlantic Ocean in a land 3000 miles away. "The boycott on British goods, particularly tea, threatene ...

(25 pages) 172 1 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

The Lindebergh Case and how the case relates to current US laws, and what society was like in the 1930's.

s about kidnapping.In May of 1927, Charles Lindbergh became a national hero when he flew across the Atlantic Ocean by himself in his plane named "The Spirit of St. Louis." During his flight he had flo ...

(14 pages) 59 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Thanksgiving Day

history of Thanksgiving.In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Opposition to the idea of Manifest Destiny.

t it was their God-given as "superior" beings to acquire all the land from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. This goal became blatantly obvious from the establishment of the Declaration of Inde ...

(10 pages) 154 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History