Essays on Gama

INTRODUCTION

World exploration and explorers are always hailed in history books and classes as significant events and people because they have opened doors to new eras of trade, knowledge and information, technology and cultural consolidation. The names Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are some of the greatest names in exploration. Countries that have often been associated with historical explorations are Spain, Portugal, Great Britain – in other words, Western countries. A closer scrutiny, however, of historical explorations showed that ancient China conducted explorations and voyages even before these Western countries did in the 15th century. The voyages occurred ...

Introduction

A light sport aircraft (LSA) is a plane that is characterized by its small size, flight simplicity, and restrictions regarding weight and performance. LSAs have become increasingly popular in recent years as a result of low cost, low fuel consumption, and decreased pilot experience requirements. This has made them aircrafts of choice for flight schools as well as private owners. The aviation requirements for regional pilots to have served for a certain minimum number of flight hours before applying for private pilot certificate has contributed to LSAs providing grounds for building flight hours for those willing to pursue a ...

For many historians and academics, globalization was a big bang phenomenon of 1492. The onset of globalization is thus often related to the voyage of Christopher Columbus, which resulted in his discovery of the Americas. Later on, Vas Co Da Gama’s voyage around Africa and his eventual entry into spice trading further laid the foundation of globalization and interconnectedness. The focus of this essay is to develop a clear analysis of the actual onset of the globalization process. It seeks to show that globalization was present even before the famously-acclaimed voyage of 1492. Globalization in itself denotes the ...

1497-1498

These journal entries written by Vasco de Gama relate incidents in his voyage from Africa to India (1497-1498 CE). He and his crew anchored at the Bay of St. Helena, present day South Africa. They remained there eight days to clean and make repairs on their ships. During their brief encounter with the natives of the bay Vasco de Gama and his men showed them a variety of items such as cinnamon, cloves and gold in an attempt to determine if such merchandise could be found in that region, but they soon realized that the natives were not acquainted ...

2.11 Modern imperialism and economic globalization Economic globalization refers to increased instances of integration and interdependence among various national economies of the world. While the phenomenon has grown over the years as a result of deliberate government actions such as trade deals, the idea has its origins in the era of colonization by the world powers from the beginning of the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. The effects of imperialism on the global economy continue to be felt until today. It is therefore important to have some background on imperialism. Imperialism was initially a project of a few European ...