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The voyage was also a race against the clock as Sir Francis wanted to better the typical times achieved by the fastest fully crewed clipper ships during the heyday of commercial sail in the 19th century ( the first recorded solo circumnavigation of the globe was achieved by Joshua Slocum in 1898 but it took him three years with numerous stops-Slocum also took up the harder challenge of sailing east to west, against the prevailing wind ).
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The purpose of this fourth voyage was clear.
On the second voyage, he had turned back at the frozen island of Novaya Zemlya and meekly given the crew a certificate stating that he did so of his own free will -- which was obviously not the case.
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This episode was taken up by the modern Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel and made into the setting of his 2001 novel Le voyage de Candide à Istanbul.
As he was dying on the voyage back from Egypt, he gave instructions to those close to him that they should not be responsible for making any image of his person, be it modeled or painted or copied, " For if I have accomplished any glorious feat, that will be my memorial.
Rogers ' A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope was published in 1712 and included an account of Selkirk's ordeal.
Phillip had a very difficult time assembling the fleet which was to make the eight-month sea voyage to Australia.
The observatory was equipped with instruments purchased during his long voyage abroad, comprising the most modern instrumental technology of the period.
The first European sighting of the Virgin Islands was by Christopher Columbus in 1493 on his second voyage to the Americas.
The ship on which Charles Darwin made the voyage which provided much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill-fated British Martian lander Beagle 2.
Nelson's plan, shaped through discussion with his senior captains during the return voyage to Alexandria, was to advance on the French and pass down the seaward side of the van and centre of the French line, so that each French ship would face two British ships and the massive Orient would be fighting against three.
Peuple Souverain also remained at Gibraltar: the ship was deemed too badly damaged for the Atlantic voyage to Britain and so was converted to a guardship under the name of HMS Guerrier.
The dog was not, however, on the maiden voyage.
Nicosian was renamed Nevisian, and the crew was issued new Discharge Books, with the voyage omitted.
Both ships were transporting heavy loads of metallic ore similar to that which was loaded on Cyclops during her fatal voyage.
The Chilean Patagonia located south of the river " calle calle " in Valdivia was composed of many tribes, mainly Tehuelches that were consider giants by Spaniards during Magellan voyage of 1520.
During a second voyage in 1494, Columbus passed along the south coast of the island, landing at various inlets including what was to become Guantánamo Bay.
Charles Marie de La Condamine, seven months later, was able to give to the Académie française an account of Father Roman's voyage, and thus confirm the existence of this waterway, first reported by Father Acuña in 1639.
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This voyage also conveyed a consignment of convicts assigned to carry out work at Colonia.
At the Battle of Vercellae, at the confluence of the Sesia River with the Po River, in 101 BC, the long voyage of the Cimbri also came to an end.
Al-Sufi also identified the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible from Yemen, though not from Isfahan ; it was not seen by Europeans until Magellan's voyage in the 16th century.
He also accompanied Cook's third voyage ( 1776 – 1778 ), this time aboard Resolutions sister ship, and the first European sighting and exploration of the Hawaiian Islands.
Fresh water was also collected when an opportunity presented itself en voyage, but watering places were often marshy, and in the tropics infested with malaria.
The original colonists signed the " Covenant of Planetfall ", agreeing that this outcome was just recompense for the labors of the crew during the voyage ; that they signed at gunpoint as they were awakened from hibernation is kept secret from later generations, and also that those who refused, died.
To reduce voyage times, Tranz Rail proposed to relocate the South Island terminal of its services to Clifford Bay in Marlborough, which would also avoid a steep section of railway.
Details of Pytheas ’ voyage also serve as the backdrop for Chapter I of Poul Anderson ’ s science fiction novel, The Boat of a Million Years.
She is also associated with the practice of sailors bringing gold with them on any voyage, so that if they drowned while at sea, Ran would be pleased by their gift.
Speaker-to-Animals ( Speaker ), who is a Kzin, and Teela Brown, a young human woman, also join the voyage.
In recent years, the shrinking Arctic sea ice has also made the Northern Sea Route viable for commercial cargo ships plying between Europe and East Asia during a six-to-eight week window in the summer months, shaving off thousands of miles from the voyage compared to the Suez Canal.
In 1992, Paramount Pictures released the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise, also directed by Ridley Scott, as a 500th anniversary commemoration of Christopher Columbus ' voyage to the New World.
No written records, other than inscribed stones, have survived in Greenland, so the next reference to a voyage also comes from Icelandic chronicles.
He also met two men on his first voyage who would come to play a role in his future as a merchant.
* The voyage and struggles of the Pilgrims have also been the subject of some pieces of literature including Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, who himself was an important figure of the 1620s, and Felicia Hemans ' classic poem, " The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
In addition to the religious motivation, Otto III's voyage also carried a strong political agenda: he had intentions to renew the Holy Roman Empire based on a federal concept he called " Renovatio Imperii Romanorum ".
Critics have also opined that the poem may have been inspired by the voyage of Thomas James into the Arctic.
However, in addition to his astronomical work, this voyage to a far corner of the British empire also gave Herschel an escape from the pressures under which he found himself in London, where he was one of the most sought-after of all British men of science.
Girolamo Sernigi also wrote three letters describing the first voyage of Vasco da Gama soon after the return of the expedition.
Attractions include the Blarney Stone and Cobh, the port where many Irish emigrants boarded for their voyage to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States and also the last stop of the Titanic, before departing on its fated journey.
One of the earliest mentions of the coconut also dates back to the One Thousand and One Nights story of Sinbad the Sailor, he is known to have bought and sold coconuts during his fifth voyage.
This is also where they received Christopher Columbus after his first voyage to the Americas.
The Immigrant ( also called Broke ) is a silent 1917 American comedy short film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way.
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