The Villalobos Expedition For thirteen years the Treaty of Zaragoza was signed‚ Spain respected the provision of this treaty and set no expedition to Asia. But from 1538 to 1541‚ King Charles I Of Spain entered into an agreement with Pedro de Alvarado‚ his viceroy in Mexico‚ regarding the fitting out of colonial expeditions to the Far East. An expedition was fitted out in Mexico upon orders of the king. It consisted of six ships and 200 men. Appointed its commander was Ruy Lopez de Villalobos‚ brother-in-law
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Xenophon’s account of in The Persian Expedition displays the adventure 10‚000 Greek men and soldiers embarked on following Cyrus‚ the younger brother to the Persian king Artaxerxes‚ deep into the Persian Empire. Xenophon displaying the history of battles and situations the Greeks faced along with elaborating on how their motivation and emotions stayed strong while also glorifying himself and his involvement. He shows the reader how everyday life was for an ordinary man during the journey and shows
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Ans-1) Communication theorist and philosopher Marshall McLuhan had once said: “We are not sure who discovered the water‚ but we are pretty sure it wasn’t a fish”. The fish‚ as we know‚ is always immersed in water and has no anti-environment to help it judge the element it lives in. It thus becomes the last to discover water. The case of the fish is metaphorical and can be applied in the context of contemporary media landscape where ideas of ideology and hegemony act as filters in shaping news. Human
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to the embryo before the fish hatches. -trademarked transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) expressing a red fluorescent protein from a sea anemone under the transcriptional control of the promoter from the myosin light peptide 2 gene of zebrafish1. Produced
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1. What are the four big ideas in the book? (Explain each idea) The fish book explains the four successful elements to get energy‚ passion‚ and creativity. The first notable element in the book is Chooseing attitude‚ so that means you are very responsible for making your attitude to work. If you take the negative attitude make‚ then you will have a bad day or you will get a positive day when you come with a convinced day. The second element is finding the best way to play and having fun at work
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2012 Flying Remote Control Aircraft Flying remote control aircraft can be an exciting hobby for anyone who has a love of flying. Flying these types of aircrafts can be an inexpensive substitute for the real thing‚ and offer a way of satisfying his or her interest in flying. Coming from a Military background this is a topic that holds great value and is essential for one who has a true interest in mechanical operations. In breaking down basic information‚ starting with the interest in flying research
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The Flying Machine Leonardo Da Vinci invented the Flying Machine in1480. He started thinking about this invention when he was a boy. He also made an design it was called Ornithopter Flying Machine it never even appeared to come true. He started off drawings on a piece of paper. He was a painter that was done about when he was going to die. He used to have a paint job of doing paintwork. When Leonardo made the Flying Machine with floss‚ it worked better. He took 25 years building and maing the
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Ferdinand Magellan Expedition Ferdinand Magellan‚ a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown‚ was looking for a westward route to theto the Spice Islands of Indonesia. On March 16‚ 1521‚ Magellan’s expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity‚ but their enemy‚ Lapu-Lapu was not. Humabon wanted Magellan to kill Lapu-Lapu while Magellan wanted to convert Lapu-Lapu
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Alaska Airlines Strategic Management Model Linda Gay Cahill Table of Contents: Strategic Profile Company Introduction 3 Strategic Analysis PEST Analysis (Political‚ economic‚ social & technological factors) 4 Resource-Based View 6 Value Chain Analysis 8 SWOT Analysis 11 Strategy recommendations 13 References 14 Company Introduction Alaska Airlines is the ninth–largest U.S. airline based on passenger traffic and is the dominant
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The opposition of the Trans-Alaska pipeline did their best to keep the pipeline from becoming established but their efforts where in vain. With oil prices high‚ and so much support coming from Washington and the lower 48 states‚ it wasn’t long until the pipeline was constructed. However‚ the opposition would get another change to argue their points. In the spring of 1989‚ the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled its precious cargo in the Prince William Sound after it struck a reef‚ spilling between 11
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