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Was sailing around the southern tip of Africa a successful trade route to get to the Orient?
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When was Suitable for the Orient created?
Suitable for the Orient was created in 2003.
When did Orient Hospital end?
Orient Hospital ended in 1976.
When did first orient express run?
Orient Express ended in 2009.
How long does it take the orient express?
The duration of Romance on the Orient Express is 1.6 hours.
When was Minder on the Orient Express created?
Minder on the Orient Express was created on 1985-12-25.
What Columbus was initially trying to prove?
that you could get to the orient faster by sailing west than by sailing around Africa
Which Portuguese explorer was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India?
Vasco De Gama of Portugal was the first European to lead a sailing expedition around the southern tip of Africa, known now as the Cape of Good hope, and sail into the Indian Ocean to ports of call in the Orient.
What nation financed Columbus's voyage to prove his theory that by sailing west he could reach the Orient in the East?
SPAIN!
What was the cause of?
Imperialism was the result of a people's motivation for aquiring goods and/or resources that were available elsewhere. America imperialized the Phillipines for control of trade with the Orient. The British imperialized Southern Africa to posses the diamond mines there. The Russians imperialized Azerbaijan for control of its oil.
What was christopher colmubus loooking for?
A shorter route to the Orient via the West (and one that did not have the hazards of the Horn of Africa).
Who was the first European to sail the new all water route around Africa to the Orient?
That was Bartholomew Dias
The first European to sail the new all-water route around Africa to the Orient was?
Bartholomeu Dias
Why and how the Spaniards and the Portuguese come to the orient?
The Spanish and Portuguese sought to establish trade routes to the Orient for valuable spices, silks, and other goods. They believed these could be reached by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. This led to the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the establishment of trade networks by both countries in the region.
Who is the killer in the book the murder on the orient express?
Hercule Poirot: a retired Belgian police officer & current private detective in England Monsieur Bouc: former member of the Belgian police force & current director of the railway line Dr. Constantine: the coroner aboard the Orient Express Mary Debenham: Daisy Armstrong's governess & instrumental in planning Ratchett's death Mrs. Hubbard: Linda Arden, famous actress & Daisy Armstrong's grandmother Colonel Arbuthnot: a close friend of Colonel Armstrong, Daisy's father Princess Dragomiroff: a Russian princess & Sophie Armstrong's godmother Hector McQueen: Ratchett's personal secretary & friend of Sophie Armstrong Mr. Ratchett: Mr. Cassetti, who kidnapped & murdered Daisy Armstrong for money Countess Andrenyi: Sophie Armstrong's younger sister Count Andrenyi: the Countess' husband & Sophie's brother-in-law Cyrus Hardman: a private detective from New York; in love with Daisy's French nurse, who committed suicide Antonio Foscanelli: the Armstrong family's chauffer Greta Ohlsson: Swedish; Daisy's nurse; cries a lot Hildegarde Schmidt: the Princess' maid & the Armstrong's cook Edward Henry Masterman: Ratchett's valet; recruited by Hardman to help with the murder plot Pierre Michel: the train's conductor & the French nurse's father
What was John Cabot's reason for exploring?
because of Henry Hudson ================== lol -- John Cabot was on the scene more than a hundred years before Henry Hudson. Cabot, like Columbus, was trying to reach the Orient by sailing westward across the Atlantic, rather than sailing around the Horn of Africa and across the Indian Ocean. Europeans were unaware of the existence of the continents of North and South America in 1492 (Columbus) and 1497 (Cabot).
What was Marco polo was known for?
he was an exotic traveler who discovered the orient
Which were successful trade routes to the Orient from Europe?
Successful trade routes from Europe to the Orient included...going across the Mediterranean, then walking across Asia (Silk Road)going across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal, through the Indian oceangoing around the coast of Africa and through the Indian Oceangoing across the Atlantic, around South America, across the Pacificgoing across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific
