Crucial Obstacles Faced Ahead During Lewis and Clark’s Corps-of-Discovery expedition, many hardships and dangers were faced everyday within every few minutes. Because of these continuous dangers and hardships…
The Corps of Discovery Thomas Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to go on an expedition to visit the Native Americans. Meriwether Lewis picked William Clark to go on the journey with him. Thomas Jefferson provided supplies including clothing, firearms, equipment, and rations. They were told by Jefferson to write down the history of the locations that they discovered on their expedition.…
In early 1803, Jefferson sent a secret message to congress asking for approximately two thousand five hundred dollars. The money was meant for the Lewis and Clark expedition, to explore what is now the western part of the United States. The reason for making the message secret was to hide what he was really trying to do from his enemies in the Federalist Party. It seems as though Jefferson had no bad intentions behind making the message secret, he was doing it to help the future of America. Jefferson saw the Indians as trustworthy and good people.…
The first encounter with Euro-Americans for the Walla Wallas was the Lewis and Clark Expedition. First meeting in 1805, the Americans promised to Walla Walla chief Yellepit they would visit with the people after seeing the Pacific Ocean. The party returned in April 1806 and stayed at Yellepit's village, located on the Columbia River near the mouth of the Walla Walla River.[2] During a transaction Yellepit presented Clark with a white horse in return for a copper kettle. The Americans had none in supply however, so Clark gave Yellepit his own sword, along with a quantity of gunpowder and musket balls.[3] Lewis and Clark also gave Yellepit a peace medal engraved with a portrait of President Thomas Jefferson, to be worn around the neck, and a small United States flag.…
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson guided a tact through the U.S. Senate: the purchase of Louisiana region from France. After the Louisiana Purchase a treaty was made where Jefferson started an investigation of the recently obtained land and the domain past the "rocky mountains" in the West. Jefferson’s main vision and wish was to make a new America that commanded the trade routes from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. With so doing this forced England, France, and Spain out of North America. Jefferson had previously tried this expedition but was unsuccessful three times.…
The author wrote in detail about the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition of 1838 (U.S. Ex. Ex.), an unprecedented naval operation for a nation with a navy less than half the size of Great Britain’s, and consisted of six sailing vessels and 346 men, making it one of the largest voyages of discovery in the history of Western exploration. The Ex. Ex.’s…
Their survival largely had to do with emotional intelligence. It began with Shackleton's recognition that this was the kind of situation in which his leadership abilities would flourish (self-knowledge) (Gallagher & Tschudin, 2010). It was only in extreme situations that his leadership qualities emerged (initiative and innovation). Shackleton's initial plan for the expedition was ''purposeful, bold, and neat.…
Before Columbus embarked on his trip to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, a Norse seaman, Leif Eriksson had the first glimpse of what life could be for Europeans that crossed the ocean and reached the New World. History has told us that European’s in the Middle Ages, weren’t necessarily known for being great adventurers. But as time went on, European’s had the greatest adventure of all; coming to the New World.…
You face struggles everyday but i doubt you have ever had any like Douglas Mawson, Phineas Gage and Henrietta Lacks. Douglas Mawson, Phineas Gage, and Henrietta Lacks, have experienced a lot of dreadful adversities to achieve scientific advancement. Douglas Mawson went on a antarctic expedition and struggled to make it out with his life, Henrietta Lacks was getting cancer treatments and was used for research without her permission, and Phineas Gage was working on a railroad and blasted a metal threw his head. Douglas Mawson has endured the most and worst of all of them for scientific advancement. Most importantly, Mawson had to watch Xavier Mertz a swiss ski champion and Belgrave ninnis a royal fusiliers die which were his two closest friends.…
In Richard Byrd’s accounts, the author uses point of view to illustrate a pessimistic future that the author believes is inevitable. The central idea of the text is that the author believes his physical and emotional state are suffering extreme consequences as a result of prolonged isolation from civilization, and because of harsh weather conditions, which are to be expected from a desolate and harsh environment that Antarctica houses. Richard Byrd, according to his accounts, was stationed at Bolling Advance Weather Base in Antarctica for 5 months in 1934. During those 5 months, Byrd was forced to endure harsh conditions, and the only thing that he could do to keep his sanity was to keep a journal to report about his treacherous new life.…
Today is the day we travel on the trail to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis is the leader of this expedition and William Clark is his companion on the expedition. Thomas Jefferson wanted them to find a trail that leads to the Pacific Ocean. On May 21, 1804 we started our journey. We traveled to the Louisiana territory.…
Matthew Henson: Explorer and Adventurer The NPR radio station estimates the number of people who died trying to reach the North Pole at 800 (“Profile: Matthew Henson”). 800 people repeatedly tried to fight the odds and be the first people to ever reach that corner of the world. The first successful men to accomplish such a feat were U.S. Navy lieutenant Robert Edward Peary and his colored assistant, Matthew Henson. Though on the same team, Henson happened to be pulling a dog sled ahead of Peary, which put him technically in front of Peary.…
Journeys for Fame Competitiveness is like a wild animal. Once aroused, it can’t be controlled. In the year 1911, Roald Amundsen, a figure in polar exploration, began his long journey to the South Pole, in Antarctica. He became the first person to ever succeed this dangerous objective.…
Laurence Bergreen, Columbus: The Four Voyages (New York:Viking Penguin , 2011) 423 pp. Christopher Columbus, the man who “discovered” America is one of the most controversial people in world history. With his adventurous self and crew, they arrived on numerous amount of islands which determines Columbus as a brave and so-called heroic explorer. Laurence Bergreen, a historian and biographer wrote,“Columbus: The Four Voyages” which analyzed Columbus’s actions and decisions during his travels. Turns out Columbus isn’t as heroic, courageous and honorable as everyone thought.…
What does it take to win at the reality television game, Survivor? Outwit, outlast, outplay are the words that underscore the program’s logo. Are these words that could describe leadership? Do these words describe Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer?…