Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2000, Millenia Review 2

Description:	Rytim^_ Thinking he hasijjr pioneered a westwardMmk route to the spice-richEast Indies, ChristopherColumbus lands in theBahamas. At the time offirst European contact,about 90 million NativeAmericans live in Northand South America.Spanish explorer Hernando Cortesintroduces horses from Spain into the NewWorld, changing transportation and culturefor Native Americans. Cortes carries out aharsh conquest of Montezuma and the Aztecs.wstagecoaches offer public passenger service,and covering 15 miles a day is considered agood speed. The coaches travel in stages,changing horses at each stop. As a result, thestagecoach line is born.^P^Pilgrimages to religious sites are seen asH acts of faith. Roads and towns develop alongthe pilgrim routes, expanding trade andcommunication in Europe. Beginning in1096, Crusades to the distant Holy Landexpose Europeans to Arab culture.affilLeif Enicsonreaches NorthAmerica.^) Chinese invent ^) Marco Polo ^) Mercator creates tf\|) First Conestoga ^> Vulcanized rubbermagnetic compasstravels to Chinahis world map.wagons are built.is inventedajflfrtirstVenice.London Bridgeishuilt. I explorers start4p (Q) slave trade.^pMayflower landsat Plymouth Rock.a^jjfcLewis and Clarkexplore American West.Practicalinternal-combustion\ engine appears.m%ilic ridesit escalator.jd»w Pirates terrorize~^*r^ the seas betweenland 1730. One of themost notorious pirates isEdward Teach, known asBlackbeard. The fictionalCaptain Hook first appearsin the 1904 play PeterPan which inspiresbooks, musicals and filmsthroughout the century.Birchbark canoes provide transportation formany Native Americans. The canoes are madewith a light wood frame covered with piecesof bark sewn together and made watertightwith melted pitch.The first practical wheelchairs provide newp- mobility for those unable to walk. Earlymodels of wheelchairs have three wheelsand hand cranks to propel the chair forward.MMDuring the Revolutionary War, a submarine isused in battle for the first time. Built by AmericanDavid Bushnell, the one-person vessel is powered by ahand-cranked propeller. Twentieth-century submarinesare complex, nuclear-powered craft used for defense andscientific purposes.rfc Frances^ajSr Montgolfierbrothers launch thefirst hot-air balloon.Filled with smoke,the silk balloon risesto 6,000 feet. Laterthat year, the firstpassengers goaloft—a rooster, aduck and a sheep.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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