Sentences with phrase «early explorers»

«Alameda» is a Spanish term for «tree line,» a sure way to find a creek for early explorers of the region.

The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by early explorers navigating by following the stars, traditional voyagers still practice this art of celestial wayfinding aided by a night sky that twinkles with thousands of lights.

Rarely considered, though, are the achievements of earlier explorers in such areas, working right across Modernism.

«I acquired enormous respect for early explorers,» he says.

The most western point of Australia has seen it all, from early explorers to a major sheep station, the island is a melting pot of Australian history.

SANparks also offers a bush braai experience, where visitors have the option of combining their African safari experience, sampling the local cuisine under the stars in an open area lit by lanterns, much as early explorers of the area would have experienced it.

But it was Columbus and other early explorers who introduced peppers to a welcoming European market.

Explore the Explorers Online Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds — as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery.

This chili showcases ingredients that early explorers discovered in the New World — pinto beans, corn, tomatoes, and lima beans.

Doubtful Sound Also overlooked by early explorers such as Captain Cook, the Doubtful Sound was so named due to Cook's severe misgivings that, if entered, the combination of the narrow entry - way, steep mountainsides and unpredictable wind patterns would put a retreat in doubt.

Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds — as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery.

Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Aboard the ISS, astronauts like Koichi Wakata enjoy a range of food choices to avoid the dreaded «menu fatigue» that plagued earlier explorers.

That parts of Antarctica have become too warm for Adélie penguins would surely have astounded earlier explorers who suffered so greatly from the cold, and who marveled at the resilience, and eccentricities, of these seabirds.

Bingham, left, and Griffiths in their tent, living in much the way early explorers did — except for some modern conveniences.

Early explorers actually used watermelons as canteens; water bottles are a bit more practical these days, but filling up on watermelon remains an especially delicious way to stay hydrated.

Many anthropologists believed it couldn't have been much earlier than that because although the land bridge was open, much of North America was covered in an ice sheet until then, making it virtually impossible for even the most intrepid early explorers to travel down into the interior of the continent.

This breed was used by early explorers at the end of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century to pull sleds on polar expeditions.

It was a great diversion tactic that sent early explorers merrily on their way to discovering a true land of ice and eventually, a northern route to North America.

A 40 - square mile area that first enthralled early explorers to lobby the creation of Katmai National Monument.

As atmospheric as its name, this barren stretch of coastline north of Swakopmund was notorious among early explorers for its strong currents and shifting underwater sandbanks.

As you explore this unspoiled wilderness you will view ancient Aboriginal rock art, learn about Aboriginal culture, go in search of bush foods and bush medicines, and visit historic sites where early explorers ventured into Northern Australia.

Native Americans used the bitumen to waterproof canoes, early explorers smelled and wrote about it, and «entrepreneurs» used it in «mineral waters» and «medicinal elixirs.»

The existence of a water loving species in the middle of a great desert shocked early explorers and has that effect still.

On Saturday, June 24th, early childhood professionals were able to interact with the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with a workshop hosted by STEMscopes Early Explorer ™ and NMAEYC.

If there is a hero in the book, it is John Wesley Powell, early explorer of the Grand Canyon, long - time and influential head of the United States Geological Survey, and ardent conservationist.

According to Jonathan Day, the lead author of the study, there is a newly found use to the observations made by early explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

This area was originally the watering hole for early explorers and now a picturesque, upmarket area in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town...

As an early explorer in Colombia (since 1992), his experience was the basis for formation of Colombian Mines Corporation, which company is now active with a very promising project in Nevada.

This time around, as an early explorer of machine learning, he has created an innovative enterprise collaborative PBM cloud platform.

Re-board your coach and head to the Fremantle Maritime Museum where you will learn the stories of Western Australia's early explorers, trade routes, navel defense, migration and the cultural richness that has resulted.

If the earlier explorers had all been Rortyan pragmatists, the sea dogs would have had nothing to reminisce about.

So when the early explorers encountered chiles, it was only natural for them to consider the pods to be native to Africa.

Wool has been the outdoorsman fabric of choice since the days of the early explorers.

The early explorers charting the Polar Regions were among the first to notice how extreme cold made their journey akin to dragging their sleds across sand rather than gliding over ice.

One of the continent's earliest explorers, James Clark Ross — the Englishman who discovered the Ross Ice Shelf — remarked on the stirring sight of Adélies arcing in and out of the water during the migration to their home colonies.

They remain intact and — thanks to the cold, dry Antarctic climate — remarkably well preserved, down to the chocolate bars, seal blubber, and dog biscuits carried by these early explorers.

Ironically, early settlers brought domesticated turkeys with them — these were the descendants of Mesoamerican poultry that had been introduced to Europe by earlier explorers.

These early explorers had what was called «rabbit - starvation,» since they relied on rabbits for their food.4 Without other nutrients, their bodies could not cope with the protein.

This may have been due to the colder time of year (or day as I am an early explorer) limiting the markets but it was a bright start to the morning.

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Leafing through it, you can examine close - up color photographs and scientific descriptions of species ranging from sponges to herons, compare maps by early explorers to those made with the latest Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, or reflect on the impact of military and industrial use of the bay on the local environment and culture.

Claimed for Spain by the early explorers, the islands fell under Mexican rule in 1821.

Named for the aboriginal campfires spotted by early explorers, the area is also ablaze with fiery orange lichen - covered boulders.