Hernn Corts burned his ships in 1519 to motivate his men and eliminate any possibility of retreat during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortez
Columbus didn't have any ships of his own. He had to go to the King and Queen of Spain to convince them to pay for his explorations.
the English drove them in to sand banksthe English send fire ships to panic the Spanishthe weather pushed the Spanish in to rocks
First were sailing ships, THEN steam ships.
Burned at the Stake was created in 1981.
they were taken over and burned from the inside
They built their longhouses and ships out of them. Also their funeral ships, and the fires that they burned the deceased with on them.
Hernan Cortez
Hernán Cortés ordered the boats burned in 1519, after they landed in Mexico.
Cortes
it reflected the sun's rays and burned ships
pyre usually refers to a ceremonial or funeral fire and a corpse is usually burned in them (old ships were once burned in ceremonial pyres as well)
the rivers act
No, they did not build ships from substandard materials. There are ships made with light weight metals such as aluminum and fiberglass that are lower burn temperatures. And the metals on some aircraft were more volatile, but not dangerously so.
Columbus didn't have any ships of his own. He had to go to the King and Queen of Spain to convince them to pay for his explorations.
You mean "Why did he burn his ship?" There were too few men to properly operate all of the ships, so they burned one and sailed away on the others.
the English drove them in to sand banksthe English send fire ships to panic the Spanishthe weather pushed the Spanish in to rocks