Sentences with phrase «first voyage of»

Most historians agree that Long Island was the third island Columbus sailed to during his first voyage of discovery.

The greatest early surge in gold refining followed the first voyage of Columbus.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth — known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW)-- during first voyage of the yellow robotic submersible known as Boaty McBoatface, which arrived back in the UK last week.

Not exact matches

The first launch of the Falcon Heavy will be a test flight, and SpaceX is notorious for offbeat payloads on its vessels» maiden voyages.

The first thing passengers see after security is smiling L.A. locals jumping in slow motion on the Bon Voyage Wall, explains Samuelson, leaning over a miniature version of the terminal miniature that takes up a room of the hidden penthouse studio.

Making his first overseas trip as secretary of state, the ex-CIA chief traded in a small, unmarked government jet, secret overseas voyages and hush - hush meetings with spy chiefs and the occasional rogue world leader for a decidedly conspicuous U.S. Air Force 757 with «United States of America» emblazoned across its fuselage, a traveling press corps and frequent public appearances.

But as we scan the horizon, near the end of the voyage, we have begun to recognize first one and then another of the old familiar landmarks and outlines of our ancestral home.

The emerging nation states began launching voyages of discovery and conquest, taking Christianity with them — first in Roman Catholic and then in various Protestant (or evangelical) forms.

Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virg = inia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia;

Vasco da Gama, on his first voyage to India is reported to have met on the East African coast some ships of the Christians of Malabar.

Three stages are identified in the march of globalization in recent centuries.1 The first stage began with the European voyages and exploration that brought Vasco da Gama to the western shores of India (1498).

When spices first came into wide use in food preparation, the difficulty of obtaining them along lengthy land routes or dangerous sea voyages made them exotic and rare.

But he did one thing right — he transported chile seeds back to Europe after his first voyage, which began the chile conquest of the rest of the world.

Before Chichester set out on his own around - the - world voyage in Gipsy Moth IV he read everything he could find in the way of first - person accounts of sailing the old clipper - ship route from Britain to Australia, and he has assembled the extracts in a stage - by - stage narrative with his own comments holding it together.

The Quincentenary race marked the first ocean crossing for most of the crew members — certainly their first one on a sailing ship — and the voyage was filled with delightful surprises.

Spurs looked a shell of the side that have been so impressive recently, yet managed to level on their first serious voyage forwards.

Although it is normal for babies to fuss the first couple times you try a new carrier, choose a time of day when baby is well rested and happy for his maiden voyage.

The voyage is the longest test for the drones and also the first science test in the Pacific — an important step in showing that they could replace an aging and expensive array of buoys that are the main way scientists sniff out signs of climate - disrupting El Niño events.

He had enjoyed excellent health until the age of 41, at the end of his first voyage to the New World.The nature of his illness is only partially known but seems to have involved an intermittent, though relentlessly progressive, arthritis that initially affected his legs more than his arms or hands.

The first came early in the voyage when he arrived on the coast of Argentina and unearthed fossils of many species, including some unknown to science — for instance, fossils of giant, extinct sloths that had been enormous compared with the living sloths he saw in the South American forests.

A Voyage to the Moon — a satirical account of a space voyage, often cited as the first science fiction story — was written by the real Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649, just 40 years after Galileo's first telescopic observations of theVoyage to the Moon — a satirical account of a space voyage, often cited as the first science fiction story — was written by the real Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649, just 40 years after Galileo's first telescopic observations of thevoyage, often cited as the first science fiction story — was written by the real Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649, just 40 years after Galileo's first telescopic observations of the moon.

The first turkeys were introduced to England in 1524 or 1526 by William Strickland, a member of Parliament in the reign of Elizabeth the first, following a voyage to the Americas.

Native to the forests of southern Argentina and Chile, Darwin's frog was named in honour of Charles Darwin, who first discovered these amphibians during the voyages of the HMS Beagle.

This was borne out by his first voyage in 1768 on the Endeavour with James Cook, who was to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun from the southern hemisphere to help to calculate planetary distances, while Banks collected biological specimens, the first from the South Pacific to be seen in England.

The oldest carbonized sample of the crop found by archaeologists in the Pacific dates to about 1000 C.E. — nearly 500 years before Columbus's first voyage.

Yet an arguably more epochal event occurred the previous year, when the crew of Apollo 8 — astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders — embarked on the first voyage to lunar orbit.

Known to humanity since the dawn of history (and to Europeans since their first voyages to the Southern hemisphere) the Magellanic Clouds have remained an enigma to date.

Comet Siding Spring — an Oort Cloud comet that may contain material from the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago — was making its first voyage through the inner solar system.

Other manned submersibles can not dive deeper than about seven kilometers, says Lutz, who has made more than 85 underwater voyages on board the mini sub Alvin and was part of the first deep - sea exploration of hydrothermal vents in 1979, when he was a postdoc at Yale University.

Scientists first appeared in the movies in 1902, when bearded astronomers shot out of a cannon into space in Georges Méliè's Le Voyage Dans la Lune (Voyage to the Moon).

Early finds from Chikyu's first scientific voyage hint at a coming treasure trove of data on the generation of earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geological phenomena.

One was the anniversary of the first container ship voyage and the other quite unrelated never connected as far as I can tell was the fiftieth anniversary of the Federal Interstate Highway Act.

Editor's note: On January 20, 2013, an expedition called the Shackleton Epic will begin an attempt to be the first team to authentically re-create Sir Ernest Shackleton's voyage of survival crossing 800 nautical miles of the treacherous southern ocean, from Elephant Island to South Georgia, and the climb over it.

Welcoming Boaty McBoatface back from its first mission, Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson, said: «Fresh from its maiden voyage, Boaty is already delivering new insight into some of the coldest ocean waters on earth, giving scientists a greater understanding of changes in the Antarctic region and shaping a global effort to tackle climate change.

With the possible exception of Columbia and the very first space shuttle mission, few orbiters had as dramatic and exciting a maiden voyage as Endeavour.

After concluding its operations in Jupiter's environs in June 2007, the spacecraft was placed into the first of four hibernation cycles, with redundant systems shut down, and the computer periodically transmitting signals back to Earth — «green» if all was well, «red» if assistance from ground controllers was necessary — as New Horizons voyaged outwards.

The date of the first SLS flight is yet to be determined as the agency discusses the possibility of including a crew on that maiden voyage.

Movies are a form of fakery after all, Welles is the first one to call himself a charlatan, and with great wit he takes us to this fantastic voyage of illusions, a house of mirrors.

Released in theatres on August 24,1966, «Fantastic Voyage» was not only a film of authentic wonder but a science fiction masterpiece with amazing special effects... the team enters the body of a man where they see first hand the oceans of life within the human body that contains the «corpuscles», «the heart», «the lungs» and other features of the human body through which the crew move through are exquisitely designed in great detail with artistic quality.

It was a very interesting premise to see the Federation forming from the start through the voyages of the first Starship Enterprise.

Malick's new modest opus, Voyage of Time, is a radical diversion not simply because it's his first «documentary» but because Malick is unsure about his theology.

On his maiden voyage to Earth, the first human born on Mars experiences the joys and wonders of a new world while trying to unravel the mysteries of his existence.

Shrek director Andrew Adamson is back (though he will not direct the third part, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, instead handing over to Michael Apted) and so is his favourite composer, Harry Gregson - Williams, whose score for the first film was quite pleasant in places but left little impression.

First and more significant is «Travels with Charlie: The Making of Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown» (20:22), a brand new retrospective featurette.

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Stephen Gaghan (Syriana, Gold) is writing and directing The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, which Universal hopes will be the first in a franchise.

Sony Pictures has debuted a first look image for director Genndy Tartakovsky's third instalment of the animated monster movie franchise Hotel Transylvania 3; take a look below... In Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3, Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a summer vacation from -LSB-...]

Given this site didn't exist when the movie first came out in 1997 (though I did see it many times), I thought it'd be fun to start a Sound Off on Titanic, for its 3D re-release this week on the 100th Anniversary of the voyage of the RMS Titanic in April 1912.

I've been keeping myself occupied by playing all manner of co-op games, as I continue to plug away at Vermintide 2's pretty great four player rat and chaos horde battling action, set sail for my first few voyages since Sea of Thieves released, and laughed and joked my way through A Way Out.