The Island

edifícios, locais históricos e curiosos. Ellis Islande Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965,…

Chapter 1 The country’s profile 1.1 History The Portuguese found these islands when they are attempting to find a route to India through the South of Africa. They gave the name Cape Verde to the archipelago because it was near to a cape in the continent which previously they gave the same name. The island was discovered in 1460 by the sailors Antonio da Noli, a sailor from Genève on the service oh Portuguese ships belonged to Infant D. Fernando (Andrade, Elisa). In 1462 the…

Political Map of the World, January 2011 AUSTRALIA Bermuda Sicily / AZORES Independent state Dependency or area of special sovereignty Island / island group Capital 150 120 90 Alert 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 ARCTIC OCEAN QUEEN ELIZABETH Ellesmere Island Qaanaaq (Thule) ARCTIC OCEAN Longyearbyen FRANZ JOSEF LAND SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA ARCTIC OCEAN NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS Scale 1:35,000,000 Robinson Projection standard parallels 38°N and 38°S

Robinsom Crusoe The novel tells the story of a young man of adventurous spirit, with a bold ideal: assuming responsibility for what could happen, good or bad about it. Robinsom Crusoe left the house of his father at age 19. Was merchant, slave and tobacco farmer in Brazil before sinking into a seemingly deserted island. Went to live rudely with a few tools that managed to rescue the ship aground near the island. Begins its struggle to survive. Build a shelter, furniture and learn to…

Cyprus Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, whose territory is the closest, followed by Syria and Lebanon to the east. The country is also a member of the European Union (EU). The remaining third (North Island) was occupied by Turkey in 1974, which then establishing the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, never recognized by the United Nations, recognized only by Turkey itself. The name of the island and the country derives from the Greek word for…

The Bahamas i/bəˈhɑːməz/, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a country consisting of more than 3,000 islands, cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. Geographically, the Bahamas lie near to Cuba, which is part of the Greater Antilles, along with…

Commonwealth of Dominica Comunidade da Dominica Bandeira Brasão Lema: "Après Bondie, C'est La Ter" (crioulo) "Après le Bon Dieu, c'est la Terre" (francês) "After God is the Earth" (inglês) "Depois do Bom Deus, é a Terra" Hino nacional: Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour ("Ilha de Beleza, Ilha de Explendor") Gentílico: dominiquense1 , dominiquês(a)1 Capital Roseau 15° 18' N 61° 23' O Cidade mais populosa Roseau Língua oficial Inglês O crioulo dominiquense e…

Numeric 0000001 - LOTS of clay (20ish), hills and islands of sand. 1 - Start near a beach, flat rolling hills. Mushroom patch and lakes near spawn, some islands. Good place to start. 2 - Large rolling hills and cliffs, some sand. Not much water in sight. 3 - Mostly tundra, and frozen over water, large hills. Cave near spawn, fairly large 4 - Large sandy cliffs. Some cliffs are grassy. Spawn on cliff, overlooking (sea?) or large lake. 5 - Very sandy. HUGE connecting sand cliffs…

omelete, feijão, muffins, cereal com leite, frutas, cogumelos, tomate grelhado, salmão defumado... No almoço é servido uma continuação do brunch ou comidas como sanduíche de steak, batatas, chicken salad, ceasar salad, rost bife, hambúrguer, fish of The day, lula, camarão, risoto, berinjela... E no jantar ou "tea" como eles chamam, é servido carne ou peixe, verduras, massas ou arroz, purê de batata... Sobremesas: cheesecake, lemon cheesecake, creme irlandês, brownie com sorvete de…

satellites in orbit around the planet. This book shows patterns, shapes, colors, and textures of the land, oceans, ice, and atmosphere]”--Provided by publisher. 1. Earth--Pictorial works. I. Yuen, Karen. II. Title. QB637.F75 2012 550.22’2--dc23 2012031026 I S B N 978-0-16-091365-5 90000 For sale by the Superintendent of Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: to Fax: (202) 512-2104 Mail: S ISBN 9 9 780160 913655 EARTH AS ART I S B N 978-0-16-091365-5 90000 For sale by the…