Essays Tagged: "Northwest Passage"
The Hudson Bay Company
empted to find the North West Passage three different times; failing each time he tried to find the Northwest Passage. These failures prompted Henry Hudson to try and find the North West Passage. Henr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
What was the motivation for the Europeans to explore? Gold God and Glory.
wn, Virginia was founded for the hopes of finding gold. Gold would also come with the finding of a Northwest Passage. Gold equaled power for these men and this led to the next big motivation, Glory. ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Spanish Myths, And Legends
ds referred to as the Strait of Anian. The Spanish believed that the Strait of Anian was the hidden passage that a ship could take from Europe to Asia by sailing through America. It was also believed ... ions existed along the Strait. The Spanish wanted to find the route first so they could control the passage to the Orient.A variety of sources led to the myth of the Strait of Anian. One source was fr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
American Studies
r left France to sail the New World. He had discovered the St. Lawrence he thought he had found the Northwest Passage. It wasn't until he sailed up the river when he realized he had found a river not ... dson River. The next year Hudson sailed in an English ship and sailed farther north looking for the Northwest Passage. Hudson got put in a boat with his son & a few crewmen. The boy, men & the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
Arctic sovereignty
he U.S. and some other countries, especially Russia, don't have the same opinion. They perceive the Northwest Passage as an international channel that any ship should be free to travel. And more and m ... fair share of headlines. When the U.S. drove the oil supertanker Manhattan all the way through the Northwest Passage in 1969, environmentalist and others were heated by the implications. Canada react ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions
Environment Sustainability: Why Politics Need to Be Involved
mmer. This opens shipping to freighting companies which goes right through the heart of Canada, the Northwest Passage. With ice receding, Canada's north is starting go from inhospitable land to desire ... th is opening waterways that were once covered with ice year round. This is especially true for the Northwest Passage which would be a great alternative transportation route, especially for the United ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science