Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 under Spanish flag Six years later Vasco da Gama reached India under Portuguese flag by navigating south around the Cape of Good Hope thus proving that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected in 1500 in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre Following these explorations Spain and Portugal quickly conquered and colonized large territories in the New World and forced the Amerindian population into slavery in order to explore the vast quantities of silver and gold they found Spain and Portugal monopolized this trade in order to keep other European nations out but conflicting interests nevertheless led to a series of Spanish-Portuguese wars a peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away England France and the Dutch Republic enviously watched the Spanish and Portuguese wealth grow and allied themselves with pirates such as Henry Mainwaring and Alexandre Exquemelin They could explore the convoys leaving the Americas because prevailing winds and currents made the transport of heavy metals slow and predictable, A cross section of fresh water ecosystems in the Everglades with relative average water depths. 17 External links (29.4) 88.6 (26.1) 81.1 1920 968,470 28.7% 2 Baptist Health South Florida 11,353, The best way of conducting business may differ by country. Current adult/vocational students: 17,124 Traditional rivals of the FIU Panthers include Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami the Panthers football team competes in the annual Shula Bowl a yearly football game played for the Don Shula Award against in-state rival Florida Atlantic University Due to this competition in the Shula Bowl the rivalry between the two schools has grown with the rivalry extending into the men's baseball and basketball teams as well; Former venues include: 9.2 Primary and secondary schools The metropolis also has four seaports the largest and most important being the Port of Miami Others in the area include Port Everglades Port of Palm Beach and the Miami River Port on August 21 2012 PortMiami and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers signed the Partnership Agreement (PPA) construction agreement that will allow the Deep Dredge project to go out for bid the Deep Dredge will deepen the Port's existing channels to minus 50/52 feet to prepare for the Panama Canal expansion now scheduled for completion in early 2015 PortMiami's deeper channel will provide ships with an economically efficient reliable and safe navigational route into the Port PortMiami will be the only U.S Port south of Norfolk Virginia to be at the minus 50 foot depth in sync with the opening of the expanded Canal Deep Dredge is expected to create more than 30,000 direct indirect and induced jobs in Florida and allow the Port to meet its goal to double its cargo traffic over the next decade.
; 1900s to 1930s $356.93 per credit hour for in-state students and $793.87 per credit hour for out-of-state students.Total tuition/fees :$11,098 for in-state and $24,206 for out of state. Banks of the North-West Atlantic In 2010 more than 63% of state voters approved the initiated Amendments 5 and 6 to the state constitution to ensure more fairness in districting These have become known as the Fair District Amendments As a result of the 2010 United States Census Florida gained two House of Representative seats in 2012 the legislature issued revised congressional districts in 2012 which were immediately challenged in court by supporters of the above amendments. Miami, officially the City of Miami is an American city that is the seat of Miami-Dade County and is the cultural economic and financial center of South Florida the city covers an area of about 56 square miles (150 km2) between the Everglades to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east Miami is the sixth most densely populated major city in the United States with an estimated 2018 population of 470,914 the Miami metropolitan area is home to 6.1 million people the second-most populous in the southeastern United States and the seventh-largest in the nation the city has the third tallest skyline in the U.S with over 300 high-rises 55 of which exceed 490 ft (149 m), The Metromover is free and has three loops throughout Downtown Brickell and the Arts & Entertainment District There are Metromover stations at roughly every two blocks in the area, Miami-Dade County has over 200,000 students enrolled in local colleges and universities placing it seventh in the nation in per capita university enrollment in 2010 the city's four largest colleges and universities (MDC FIU UM and Barry) graduated 28,000 students. 10.2 Higher education, On July 1 2009 Alex Acosta after leaving the post of United States Attorney (USAG) for South Florida became FIU's second dean of its law school He departed FIU to become the United States Secretary of Labor in 2017 in 2019 he stepped down as Labor Secretary after scrutiny of his role as USAG in the minimal sentencing of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant. . At one time the cruise line ResidenSea had its headquarters in an unincorporated area in the county.
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