Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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The development of animation also helped advance visualization The use of visualization to present information is not a new phenomenon. It has been used in maps‚ scientific drawings‚ and data plots for over a thousand years. Examples from cartography include Ptolemy’s Geographia (2nd Century AD)‚ a map of China (1137 AD)‚ and Minard’s map (1861) of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia half a century earlier. Most of the concepts learned in devising these images carry over in a straight forward manner
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Visual Communication and DesignBackground of the studyVisual Communication is a bridge between an idea and its intended audience. In the fields of architecture‚ engineering‚ graphic‚ industrial and multimedia design‚ advertising and marketing‚ cartography and fashion‚ for example‚ visual communicators use text and/or image to communicate information. The visual form that the communication takes may be imaginative and original or it may conform to conventions or accepted rules. Visual communication
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Leonhard Euler was considered of the greatest mathematicians that ever existed. He was responsible for creating many math concepts including the invention of i. He also wrote many books that are still used to this day to teach students all over the world. Leonhard Euler was born on April 15‚ 1707 in Basel‚ Switzerland. Before he decide to become a mathematician‚ he at first thought he was going to be a clergyman‚ a religious priest. His parents‚ however‚ saw his potential for mathematics and sent
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University of Basil studying philosophy and theology. He completed these studies in 1726. Leonhard Euler: The first St Petersburg years by R. Calinger summarizes this time period flawlessly. “... after 1730 he carried out state projects dealing with cartography‚ science education‚ magnetism‚ fire engines‚ machines‚ and ship building. ... The core of his research program was now set in place: number theory; infinitary analysis including its emerging branches‚ differential equations and the calculus of variations;
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The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC‚ but remained a matter of philosophical speculation until the 3rd century BC when Hellenistic astronomy established the spherical shape of the earth as a physical given. The Hellenistic paradigm was gradually adopted throughout the Old World during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. A practical demonstration of Earth’s sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano’s expedition’s
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The book "The Great Encounter of China and the West‚ 1500-1800" was written by History Professor D.E.Mungello. His work provides us many information and ideas of the intercultural exchanges and interactions between Ming‚ Manchu and the West‚ through the last two dynasties of China. This book also shows us the acceptance and rejection of cultures‚ Christianity‚ and Confucianism of Chinese and Europeans. The book was divided into five chapters: (1) Historical Overview‚ (2) Chinese Acceptance of Western
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30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci by Marina Wallace is a well written‚ informing book. One main idea from the book is that Leonardo’s “most celebrated”‚ page 111‚ work is the “Mona Lisa”. On page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is the “...most celebrated‚ most imitated” of his works‚ also on page 111 the author states that the Mona Lisa is a “… iconic example of Leonardo’s genius. A second main idea from the story is that Leonardo was very ahead of his time in reference to warfare. On page 102
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An adjustable user usually attack with a destination in mind. Therefore‚ an adjustable user’s abutting breadth and dispatch are able to be activated with its able and acclimatized breadth and velocity. Accretion broadly acclimated avant-garde archetypal in cellular acclimation appraisement is the fluid-flow archetypal [32]‚ [33]. The fluid-flow archetypal is able for car cartage on highways but for not blah movements with acclimatized “stop-and-go” behavior. The Gauss–Markov action has appeared in
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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda JOB OBJECTIVES: To contribute to the nationalism and patriotism of the Filipino people; to inspire the Filipino youth of today. PERSONAL IDENTITY: Sex: Male Place/Date of Birth: Calamba‚ Laguna/ June 19‚1861 Religion: Roman Catholic Marital Status: Single Address: Calamba‚ Laguna‚ Philippines Mother’s Name: Teodora Alonzo y Quintos Father’s Name: Francisco Mercado Rizal EDUCATION: (1869 – 1872)
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