Sentences with phrase «for early explorers»

Originally built in the early 1900s by miners and homesteaders, the Rogue River Trail was the sole way in and out of the canyon for these early explorers.

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

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

For the early explorers, and certainly for those in Europe reading their first reports, the specificity and detail of America's native flora and fauna, and even more, its aboriginal Indian cultures, which by 1492 had already completed a long and distinguished history in this hemisphere, were swallowed up in a generalized feeling of newness which replaced that specificity and detail with the blank screen of an alleged «state of nature.»

Not exact matches

Sometime in the early 20th Century, British explorer Ernest Shackleton needed to hire a crew for an upcoming expedition to the South Pole.

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.

Meyer Lemons get their name from the agricultural explorer Frank N. Meyer who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the early 1900s and brought this citrus hybrid back from China.

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

Garrett says that early Arctic explorers» notes show that air pollution has been traveling northward for nearly 150 years or more.

NASA's Wide - field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), slated for launch no earlier than 6:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time on December 11, is charged with mapping the sky in the mid-infrared to create an atlas of objects whose emitted light is invisible to human eyes and largely absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.

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.

Armed with a $ 6 million grant — a princely sum in archaeology — Price and his colleagues want to know the extent to which a need for captive labor and overseas wives helped drive Viking expansion, transforming the provincial Scandinavian sailors and fur traders of the earlier Vendel period into international explorers and marauders.

No written records predate the arrival of Spanish explorers in the Americas, but the earliest archaeological evidence for maize domestication dates back around 8,700 years.

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

The southerly route of the Northwest Passage — originally discovered between 1903 to 1906 by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen — was open in late August and early September, and the Northern Sea Route along Russia has been open for most of the month.

Directed and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu («Birdman»), the film follows an early 19th - century expedition of the American wilderness, where explorer Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear, and then robbed and left for dead by his own hunting companions.

It was the reaction of many who, earlier this year, saw The Lost City of Z, James Gray's arty period epic about an early - 20th - century British explorer searching for a new civilization in the Amazon.

Loosely adapted from David Grann's nonfiction book, James Gray's ambiguous and lyrically orchestrated historical epic turns the story of the early 20th - century British explorer Percival Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam, in a revelatory performance) and his search for a lost civilization in the wilds of Brazil into a symphony of mystery, obsession, and transcendence.

A History teacher can draw on stories told by and for Indigenous Australians on topics such as how people lived prior to colonisation, early interactions with explorers and missionaries, stories of massacres, and personal reminiscences of World War II.

Early 1980s: Moves to Ford's U.S. operations, where he initiates a major hit (the Explorer) and is responsible for a major flop (the Merkur brand).

I went to Heritage Chrysler Jeep Dodge in search for a 2015 Ford Explorer after an accident I was involved in earlier this month.

Launched in 1995 for the 1996 model year, the SLX was aimed at the midsize crossover market, which was picking up speed thanks to models like the Chevrolet Blazer and Ford Bronco II in the late 1980s and the Ford Explorer in the early 1990s.

For example, when European explorers arrived on the east coast of North America in the early 16th century, the land teemed with millions of indigenous people, so many that the explorers wondered whether there would be room for them to settFor example, when European explorers arrived on the east coast of North America in the early 16th century, the land teemed with millions of indigenous people, so many that the explorers wondered whether there would be room for them to settfor them to settle.

Sergey Brin, the Co-Founder of Google, got on stage at Google I / O yesterday to announce more details about Google Glass and let developers know that they could pre-order what's being called Google Glass Explorer Edition for $ 1,500 and is shipping early next year.

Additional hotel and resort privileges are offered when cardholding the MileagePlus Club Card such as early check - in, room upgrades, etc. (See paragraph one of United MIleagePlus Explorer Card for comparison).

For a start, to value an early stage exploration company in the manner in which you suggest is not appropriate, otherwise all early stage explorers would be precisely worthless and unable to raise capital.

That afternoon we were the only vessel in the Anchorage and we decided to take the hike up to the monument for Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo the early 1500's explorer who was rumored to have died and been buried on one of the Channel Islands.

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

After the end of the 70k and 50k increased signup bonus offers for the MileagePlus Explorer card that I wrote about earlier today, the Referral Program for the same card has also concluded.

After lunch we visit the small outback township of Menindee, the last stop for Burke and Wills (early explorers) on their fateful journey into the unknown.

It's tempting to work on stockpiling frequent flyer miles and points the way you would save for a child's college education or retirement, but unfortunately frequent flyer miles in particular are subject to devaluations, sometimes massive ones and sometimes unannounced (for example the United Award Chart Devaluation earlier this year, the elimination of AAdvantage Explorer Awards with no notice a few months ago; the numerous Aeroplan devaluations; no award chart provided in advance of the British Airways Executive Club Avios devaluation, etc..)

For a $ 95 fee, the United MileagePlus Explorer card offers early boarding, one free checked bag, and two United Club passes.

In my backpack is Louise Bourgeois, the Secret of the Cells, revised and expanded for waiting and How to be an Explorer of the World, a Portable Art / Life Museum for walks with my husband who has early onset AIDS / HIV Dementia

They're both are named for the Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen, an early Arctic explorer and, incidentally, one of the first neurobiologists.

28 March 2015 Earlier this week, the World Resources Institute (WRI) launched its CAIT Paris Contributions Map, a new tool on the CAIT Climate Data Explorer for tracking and analyzing intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which are the national climate action plans that will form the basis of a new international climate change agreement, set to be finalized during a high - level climate summit in Paris in December (COP 21).

Microsoft has just ended support for Internet Explorer versions 10 and earlier.

But so far Mixed Reality seems in decent health, and SteamVR's compatibility with the platform, even in its early stages, ensures there's a huge amount of content for the Lenovo Explorer.

Some of you may remember that, Microsoft had earlier released Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell RC in 2012, to help scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how - to guidance in online repositories such as the PoshCode, local or network file systems, TechNet Script Center Repository, and Bing Search Repository, but due to lack of adoption, it wasn't developed further and subsequently discontinued.