In Champlain's Voyages Dv Sievr De Champlain, he documents the places in which he travelled through extensive documentation by means of mapping. In modern society, the study of invention becomes a more prominent theme more specifically for historians to verify these stories ever took place, and for all to see the development of society in this period of time. In his writing, he used three main terms to explain distance and positioning of places on a map: paces, leagues and latitudes. Pace refers to distances in which were feasible by means of foot. Leagues were further distances that could be conquered by foot but generally travelled by means of his ship. Latitudes were used when referencing places in which he named or places which he heard people talk about in the past. Champlain begins to say that the mass of people who discuss these places had never actually seen them in reality, and they only knew about it through gossip they received from people whose knowledge was just as limited. The point of all this was that Champlain wanted to use coordinates as proof that his expedition did actually happen and the things he saw were given accurate descriptions. To understand this from a Historical perspective one must …show more content…
In some cases they were already given names by the people of the land. The systems of mapping that Champlain used demonstrate the progression of time, in reference to distance and how long it actually took to travel to each new place he discusses. Maps were essential for Champlain's travels. Without them, he may never have arrived alive. He may also never have attempted to take such life-altering risks without having this crucial form of guidance. This assisted him in making assumptions on the locations he was seeing, by means of process of elimination on the places in which he had previously visited on the
Champlain was basically a sea man by birth. He was born into a family of sea captains and his father was a really good and experienced sea captain. His uncle went with him on his first trip. When he was a little boy, his hometown was filled to the gills with docks and huge ships which encouraged his love of boats and exploring. He also had to work for King Henry and do many other things containing maps and boats. He found the love of sailing and exploring because he had very good motivational things to push him along his journey.
Champlain’s first voyage trip was with his uncle-in-law, Saint Julien, a great navigator and sea voyageur. Julien was transporting Spanish soldiers to Cadiz in the pursuit of a treaty with the Vervins. Champlain got an opportunity to accompany his uncle for his first navigation trip. He made another voyage to West Indies and Mexico. In any navigation he made, he took notes, learnt new things and submitted a report to King Henry. He legally acquired the voyage ship and property after his uncle died leaving Champlain financially stable to make further exploration works. He served in the king’s court as a geographer. His first trip to the Northern America was to observer trade expedition that the King had assented to him. He met François Grave, a great navigator and ship captain who taught him what navigation in the North America entailed. Champlain drew Saint Lawrence on a map after his trip. Champlain established many settlements such as Acadia and P...
The extend of most American’s knowledge of early America is of Columbus’ discovery of America for Europe in 1492 and the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth in 1620. This was true of A Voyage Long and Strange author, Tony Horwitz. Horwitz felt as if there were pieces missing in his picture of early America and set out on a journey that spanned from Canada to the Dominican Republic. The novel starts out with a prologue of Horwitz talking about his own reasons for wanting to learn more of early America and then is broken into three sections Discovery, Conquest, and Settlement. Each section discusses another period in early American history starting with first contact in Vinland and ending with the landing in Plymouth.
Geographic discovery was an essential goal that Jefferson set for the expedition. Lewis and Clark recorded a wealth of scientific knowledge as they noted significant geographic features, made detailed route maps, and recorded their observations of longitude and latitude. Lewis performed most the astronomical duties and Clark charted the course and drafted expedition maps.
Latitude is used to measure the distance north or south of the equator. Longitude is used to measure the distance east and west of the prime meridian. Latitude can simply be measured by measuring the height of the sun. The process of determining longitude is a much more complicated matter. One reason
In 1492, Christopher Columbus was a self-made man who worked his way up to being the Captain of a merchant vessel. He gained the support of the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, for an expedition to the Indies. With the support of the Spanish monarchy, he set off to find a new and faster trade route to the Indies. Upon the arrival of his first voyage, Columbus wrote a letter to Luis de Santangel, a “royal official and an early supporter of his venture,” in February 1493 (35). The epistle, letter, entitled “Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage” was copied and then distributed in Spain before being translated and spread throughout Europe. The Letter is held in such regard with the people as it is considered the first printed description of the new world. Through his description of the nature of the islands, Columbus decided the future fate of the islands. His description of the vast beauty of the nature around him, declares both the economic and nationalistic motivations for colonizing the new world.
Many people played significant roles in the contact and colonization of New France but none so much as the European leaders of expeditions and the chiefs of the native tribes. Though there are vast amounts native chiefs and European explorers who are significant to the contact and colonization of New France, the three I have decided to focus on are: Chief Membertou, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Columbus. This page will explain these three individuals in detail and explain their significance to the contact and colonization of New France.
Since little has been known about Jacques Cartier, there isn’t much known about his early education documents have shown evidence that Cartier is well educated in cartography, navigation, astronomy, mathematics, and seamanship in his earlier days, which he s...
Now that we’ve made our way through the journey of Ken Jennings’ incredible book I feel as if it’s important for me to try to sway you to become more involved in geography. It’s a truly fascinating subject and can take you places you never thought you could ever visit. If you don’t want to leave your home, at least buy an atlas, map, or visit Google Earth. You never know what you could discover in your journey. If you don’t think maps or an atlas is your thing, you never know if you never try. Jennings created a journey, for me I would have never cared to take had it not been assigned as a college class assignment, but now I’m so glad I did. Jennings shined a different light on geocaching, and map hunting. He made it fun, interesting, and overall thrilling.
“Three explorers from the Age of Exploration” Age of Explorations was a time of discovery of the new world during the 15th through 17th century. Many Explorers were in search for new passage ways, new trading ports, new land, new spices, and riches. The three explorers discussed in this paper is Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, and Francisco Pizarro. Henry Hudson was an explorer whose main purpose was to find a route to Asia from Europe, he had a series of three voyages trying to achieve this. Jacques Cartier was sent to find riches and a route to Asia as well.
Before the most famous historic voyage to the Americas Christopher Columbus had no support to go on his expedition. Christopher Columbus tried to get support from the King of Portugal John II, but he was turned down. Spain finally agreed to sponsor his voyage in 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean. By agreeing to sponsor Christopher Columbus voyage they believed they would have gained leverage in what they were trying to do in Spain. The Reconquista made the Spaniards very powerful. By Christopher Columbus finding new land with people and gold it convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to continue to support his voyages. Even though the king and queen believed that allowing him to go on the voyages benefited them it actually allowed Christopher
This is an analysis of Christopher Columbus’s Letter on His First Voyage on page 381. Christopher Columbus wrote a letter to his King and Queen of Spain, while he was in the West Indies. He wrote this letter in February 1493 reflecting on his voyage across the Atlantic in 1492. After reading this letter, I can tell that Columbus felt like he was better than the native people of the different islands he journeyed and that a lot of things they did were very strange to him. I can also tell that the world was a lot different to him and to people in 1492, than it is to people in 2014 because he referred to the native people of the various islands he traveled to as Indians, whereas most people in 2014 know that India and Latin American are not the
Historical geographer JB Harley wrote an essay on Map Deconstruction in 1989, in which Harley argues that a map is more than just a geographical representation of an area, his theory is that we need to look at a map not just as a geographical image but in its entire context. Harley points out that by an examination of the social structures that have influenced map making, that we may gain more knowledge about the world. The maps social construction is made from debate about what it should show. Harley broke away from the traditional argument about maps and examined the biases that govern the map and the map makers, by looking at what the maps included or excluded. Harley’s “basic argument within this essay is that we should encourage an epistemological shift in the way we interpret the nature of cartography.” Therefore Harley’s aim within his essay on ‘Deconstructing the Map’ was to break down the assumed ideas of a map being a purely scientific creation.
...rent to modern scientific maps; it drew on a number of sources mentioned above, such as art, the writings of Pliny, the influence of Roman mapping, and the beliefs and superstitions of the medieval world. The Map is an insight into medieval world, and acts as an encyclopaedia charting different historical events within. The Hereford Map is also an art work demonstrating that a map is not just a geographical representation of an area but that it can give a huge amount of historical insight
“A map is only useful if it simplifies things.” To what extent does this apply to knowledge?”