Essays on Disappearances

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The establishment of Roanoke colony was the first presence of British presence in America or the New World. The first voyage to Roanoke Island was for observational purposes. Roanoke was an island in today’s North Carolina. Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a patent to colonize America. The first colonists that arrived 1585 were less prepared for the expedition because they run out of food and supplies. John White returned to England with the promise that he would return with supplies and other settlers. White encountered several problems because it was winter ...

Human rights have been a fundamental aspect in the globe that has attracted fierce debates. Organizations have been created that seek to uphold and protect human rights on a global scale. Such an organization is the Amnesty International that has the longest history in the field of human rights, in the world (James Ronand, Howard Ramos, and Kathleen Rodgers, 2005). The organization’s objective is to carry out research and come up with action plans to prevent and end grave human right abuses, and demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. The Amnesty International goals and objectives to ...

There has always been an interest to know what triggers certain collective actions in societies, especially in contentious politics. Governments have always had to deal with social unrest, protests, uprisings and public demonstrations when parts of the population feel they are being oppressed or that the government does not respond to their pleas. However, majorities do not seem to participate actively in political demonstrations. In fact, even massive public manifestations encompass small percentages of populations. In the famous book The Logic of Collective Action, Mancur Olson offers a list of conditions that would deter people from participating in collective activities , ...

In spite of its relative small size, there are a lot of occurrences that take place inside Bermuda as revealed by some news features form the country. For instance, in an article with a headline “Bermuda: Casinos arrive- but not for islanders” on the BBC website, it emerges that gambling is illegal in Bermuda. The news feature seems to insinuate that this is likely to remain so for quite some because juts recently, the citizens of Bermuda rejected a proposal to legalize gambling in the country in spite of the country being home to a lot of tourist casinos. In fact only ...

The Bermuda Triangle is a region situated in the Northern part of the North Atlantic Ocean where it has been alleged that several aircrafts and vessels of the surface have disappeared. These disappearances usually occurred in mysterious circumstances. Most of these circumstances have been attributed to activities that are beyond human comprehension, with others claiming to be as a result of the work of extraterrestrial beings or supernatural forces. The triangle area is comprised of an area that covers the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas and the whole of the Entire Caribbean. Most written works point that the boundaries of ...