Selected as one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, Grissom was the pilot of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7), the second American suborbital flight, on July 21, 1961. At the end of the flight, the capsule's ha
The European empires colonized the Americas, so they had to cross the Atlantic ocean to get there. This gave them more goods to trade with because the Americas had different natural resources thanEuropeand Asia. The empires without colonies had faster trade because there wasn’t that great dista...
"Now that theTurks had conquered Constantinopleand the eastern Mediterranean, andcontrolled the land routes to Asia,asea routewasneeded.Portuguese sailorswere working their way around thesouthern tip of Africa. Spaindecided to gamble ona long sail across ...
Yet, as the world grew less land-based and more ocean-centered, the position of America received fresh value. With improvements in transportation and communication, America ceased to be a retreat and instead became a cross-roads: a cross-roads between East and West, facing the two most densel...
After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions. Her debut studio album, Lovestrong (2011), followed soon a...
Sea otters (North Pacific Ocean, genus Enhydra) are the only fully aquatic otter species, with no obligate associations with terrestrial habitats for any life history function. The other otters can be considered semi-aquatic, retaining ties to terrestrial habitats for most behaviors other than ...
and communication) often intersect with the first three themes. Examples of such studies are categorized in Table1, yet these often crosscut the four themes, serving as a reminder that integration of these themes is essential to practicing historical archaeology in the region. For example, analyses...
If you choose to cross the border at San Diego - Tijuana, you will see no US immigration office on the way out. After you get to the Mexico side park your car and ask oficers to show you the directions to the US customs. Its about 10 minute walk back. If you have not obtained...
Spring arrived and he sailed across the Pacific Ocean on the Pelican which was the only remaining vessel. After crossing the Indian Ocean and going around the southern tip of Africa through the Atlantic Ocean to England in the autumn of 1580. In 1588 Drake is now the ‘Golden Hind’ and ...
Preliminary brainstorming: • Have students brainstorm about what they assume or guess to have been true about the nature of the early interactions between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the perceptions each had of the other during the period of initial contact. ...