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…political' period. The painting is an oil on canvas and stands 182 cm tall and 230 cm wide. It can be found in the National Gallery of Art in Washington .The interpretation was inspired by an event which took place in Cuba in 1749,a fourteen year-old boy…

…Hero: In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has…

…to an envoy about his fisrt wife who is apparently dead. From what he is telling him, one can conclude that he is arrogant, domineering, and very insecure about his relationship. The Duke of Ferrara was a very arrogant man. He did not seem to care about…

…empire of the 16th and 17th centuries finally commanded of the seas to England. Spain remained neutral in World wars one and two, but suffered an awful Civil War in 1936 that lasted till 1939. In the second half of the 20th century, it played a ‘catch-up…

…side proved able to win. At sea, however, the Japanese achieved a series of notable successes over the Russian Navy. The Battle of Tsushima in which a Russian fleet was wiped out after steaming 18,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to Northeast Asia which…

…. According to Lionel Casson, “the worship of animals and nature [was] common to early societies” (72). In mythology, the worship of animals was a result of the domination of the world surrounding man. As time passed and the Egyptians grew wiser they began…

…the poisoning of the environment by Man. Pollution has accompanied mankind ever since groups of people settled down in one place for a long time. It was not a serious problem during primitive times when there was more than ample space available for each individual…

…Robinson Crusoe was a man with very strong will power. He loved the sea, and that is why he started to go on a journey out in the ocean. At first, his parents did not wanted to him to go on a journey, especially out to sea, as his eldest brother, who…

…allegiance to "that noble and powerful city by the sea." There is evidence that Christopher Columbus did start sailing at a very young age. In some of his writings it states that he was 14 years old when he started to do what he was born to do, discover…

…Ocean Environment The sea is the most obvious feature of the earth's surface. Approximately seventy percent of this surface is covered by water, in one way or another. Beneath this water are the familiar sands of the beaches, bottoms of bays…