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    people of Roanoke Island? How could an entire colony of people just vanish? Experts are still trying to solve this unexplained mystery today. In the year of fifteen-eight-seven, one hundred and fifteen English settlers made their arrival at Roanoke Island, which just so happens to be located off the coast of North Carolina. The governor of the colony, John White, made the decision to return to…

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    Lost Colony of Roanoke. The Island had had about 115 men, women and children who resided in colony located off the coast of North Carolina. However, the fate of the colony dwellers has remained largely answered for the last four hundred years . With the disappearance of the Island, many people asked a series of questions whose answers cannot be easily found. Where did the islanders go? What happened to them? It is also questionable why the dwellers resided in the island which was not their…

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    Alcatraz Research Paper

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    and architecture is a fascinating wonder. An island located in the middle of Sanfrancisco Bay, surrounded by a mile and a half of freezing cold water, was called Alcatraz, or known as The Rock, it earned this name because of its isolated location and rigid structure that makes up the island. For a criminal to get on the island it almost seemed like they had to try or make an effort to get in enough trouble to be sent there, but getting off of the island that was another story. Alcatraz was…

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    ocean. A passing ship takes him aboard, and a doctor named Montgomery revives him. He explains to Prendick that they are bound for an unnamed island where he works, and that the animals aboard the ship are traveling with him. Prendick also meets a grotesque, bestial native named M'ling who appears to be Montgomery's manservant. When they arrive on the island, however, both the captain of the ship and Doctor Moreau refuse to take Prendick. The crew pushes him back into the lifeboat from which…

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    twenty thousand leagues are also any various units about distance. In the country of united states, one person that have a new position, and that is professor in the Paris museum where have a natural history. When the person went to the New York, some island was abandoned. In that place, it is gigantic sea monster and submarine that made an enormous power. One day, a group of people that discovered a monster, a gigantic narwhal or called sea unicorn. The united states quickly rid the ocean for…

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    Pythagoras Research Paper

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    multiple fields. His father Mnesarchus was a merchant from Tyre and his mother Pythais was a native of Samos. He spent much of his childhood travelling around with his father and this is how he got an interest in education. His father was a hero on the island of Samos due to his corn contributions during a time of famine. Pythagoras was influenced by many poets of ancient Greece including Homer and many more.…

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    Hey, would you be interested in some danger, adventure, and treasure? Well sadly I can’t really give you that because you are about 250 years late. But Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is the next best thing! It is filled with all of this action, plus extraordinary characters to live it. Possibly the most interesting of these characters is Long John Silver, The captain of a rough band of pirates. The main traits that make Long John such an important character are as follows: He is…

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    Spencer Lake Spencer lake is a Salt Lake located in the Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia. Its latitude and longitude is 33.8424° S, 121.8278° E. The lake is located on middle island off the coast of Western Australia. It is surrounded by white sand and eucalyptus trees. The lake itself is quite small as it is only 600m by 250m.The Spencer Lake is also known as the pink lake as it has a very distinct bubble-gum colour. It is not the only pink lake in Australia as there are many more all…

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    Lake Mungo Research Paper

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    Introduction Lake Mungo is a lake which dried up about 14 000 years ago and is located in the Willandra Lakes Region in New South Wales. Jim Bowler found a skeleton of a male body at Lake Mungo on a research trip. Scientists believe that this person lived in Australia around 42 000 years ago (Ref 1). He had lived to an age of fifty which was quite old for people back then. They called him Mungo Man. Who was he and how he was found The discovery of Mungo Man was on the 26 February 1974 by Jim…

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    Synopsis of The Manchurian Candidate The Manchurian Candidate opens in 1952 Korea during the Korean War. Sargent Shaw is seen walking into a bar where the members of his platoon are drunk and having a good time, he yells at them showing his strong sense of prudency and his no nonsense attitude. We learn more about Shaw and his dislike of his Senator stepfather, and his controlling mother as the movie continues. As soon as Shaw’s platoon is deployed they are immediately captured as prisoners by…

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