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		Admiral of the Western Seas - Zhenghe ^Votes:0 Admiral of the Western Seas - Zhenghe Read More Go to Site


		Explorers - A - EnchantedLearning.com ^Votes:0 Advertisement. EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. Join Enchanted Learning Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card ) $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal ) $20.00/year or other amount (for sending a check by mail ) $20.00/year or other amount (for subscribing by school purchase order ) As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. ) Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Africa Antarctica Arctic Australi Read More Go to Site

		History Essay 67 ^Votes:0 Terra Australis Incognita ~~ Paul V. Hartman ~~ S ince an early time - at least that of the Greeks before Christ - when the earth was already believed to be round, it was widely supposed that a continent in the southern hemisphere was "necessary" to balance the continents of the northern half to allow the earth to maintain its "equilibrium" in the heavens. To the modern thinker, the notion is immediately absurd: the whole earth is a solid ball; what appears to be wide (and deep) expanses of water is really a superficial phenomenon. No dry continent needs to be present in the southern hemisphere because water on the surface is too trivial to upset any balance. Yet that is what was believed. In the first century AD, Pomponius Mela, and in the second century, Claudius Ptolemy, he of the Alexa Read More Go to Site

		NOVA Online \| Sultan's Lost Treasure \| Ancient Chinese Explorers ^Votes:0 --> Zheng He (1371-1433), the great Ming navigator. Ancient Chinese Explorers Part 2 \| Back to part 1 Exploits of the eunuch admiral Zheng He commemorated his adventures on a stone pillar discovered in Fujian province in the 1930s. His mission, according to the pillar, was to flaunt the might of Chinese power and collect tribute from the "barbarians from beyond the seas." On his first trip, leading more than 60 massive galleons, Zheng He visited what would later become Vietnam and reached the port of Calicut, India. On his return, he battled pirates and established massive warehouses in the Straits of Malacca for sorting all the goods accumulated on this and subsequent voyages. While voyaging to India, the ships encountered a ferocious hurricane. Zheng He prayed to the Taoist Goddess known Read More Go to Site

		The Spice Islands Voyage ^Votes:0 Spice Islands Home Page A schools Curriculum Project which follows the journey of Tim Severin as he retraces the steps of the famous explorer Alfred Russel Wallace in the Spice Islands of Indonesia . This project is coordinated by the University of Limerick , Ireland and has received financial funding from the Department of Education in Dublin and Bord na Gaeilge. Web Pages in Irish You are visitor since 24th June 1996 Updated on: 4 July 1996 Click the underlined word or phrase below to learn about: Historical background to Tim Severin's Spice Islands Voyage. Map of the Voyage Crew and vessel , the Alfred Wallace . Voyage of the Alfred Wallace. Messages from the Alfred Wallace Final Message from the Alfred Wallace Pictures from the Alfred Wallace More pictures from the Alfred Wallace Quest Read More Go to Site

		Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons ^Votes:0 Select a language: English Dutch Select a version: Multimedia (Flash) No Multimedia Read More Go to Site

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