Jessi: -Hi Charlie! Charlie: -Hi Jessi! Jessi: -Charlie, do you know anything about micro sculpture? Tell me if you know. Very interesting! Charlie: -Yes, of course. Willard Wigan (born in 1957 in England) is the creator of the smallest works of art on Earth! His miniature sculptures include The Titanic on a pinhead, a cat on an eyelash and the six wives of Henry VIII in the eye of a needle. Some are a lot smaller than the full stop at the end of this sentence. Wigan started making tiny things when he was a child. People made him feel small because he had learning difficulties, so he decided to show them how significant small could be! Jessi: -What a miracle! Charlie: -How does he create his unbelievable micro-sculptures? He slows his breathing, then patiently sculpts or paints between heartbeats, so that his hand stays perfectly still. He spends months carving his tiny creations from materials such as toothpicks, sugar crystals and grains of rice and then paints them with a tiny hair such as an eyelash. So how do visitors to Willard Wigan's exhibitions view his work? Through a microscope, of course! Jessi: -Wonderful! Thanks Charlie. Was a very interesting! Charlie: -You are welcome.
Marco Polo is a famous Venetian traveler. In 1271-1275. traveled to China and in 1292-1295. returned by sea to Italy. He described this journey in his "Book on the Diversity of the World", which had a significant impact on navigators, cartographers, and writers of the 14th-16th centuries. The book of Marco Polo was on the ship of Christopher Columbus during his search for a route to India; Columbus made 70 notes in it. 1445 The Portuguese discovered Cape Verde. This was the expedition of Dinis Dias. The cape was called "Green", as many palm trees grew along the entire coast here. This is one of the events that caused new geographical discoveries and the Portuguese expansion of the seas of the world. 1471-1473 In West Africa, in the Gold Coast region (Guinea), the Portuguese built a strong military fort. 1487-1488 Portuguese sailor and discoverer Bartolomeu Dias (1450-1500) explores the southwest coast of Africa. The first European to circumnavigate the continent from the south. Opened m. Good Hope.
вот перевод
Марко Поло — знаменитый венецианский путешественник. В 1271—1275 гг. совершил путешествие в Китай и в 1292—1295 гг. возвратился морем в Италию. Это путешествие он описал в своей "Книге о разнообразии мира", которая оказала значительное влияние на мореплавателей, картографов, писателей XIV—XVI веков. Книга Марко Поло была на корабле Христофора Колумба во время его поиска маршрута в Индию; Колумб сделал в ней 70 пометок.
1445
Португальцы открыли Зеленый мыс. Это была экспедиция Диниша Диаша. Мыс назвали «Зелёным», так как здесь вдоль всего побережья росло много пальм. Это одно из событий, вызвавших новые географические открытия и португальскую экспансию морей мира.
1471-1473
В Западной Африке в районе Голд-Кост (Гвинея) португальцы построили сильный военный форт.
1487-1488
Португальский моряк и первооткрыватель Бартоломеу Диаш (1450 — 1500) исследует юго-запад побережья Африки. Первый европеец, который обогнул континент с южной стороны. Открыл м. Доброй Надежды.
-Hi Charlie!
Charlie:
-Hi Jessi!
Jessi:
-Charlie, do you know anything about micro sculpture? Tell me if you know. Very interesting!
Charlie:
-Yes, of course. Willard Wigan (born in 1957 in England) is the creator of the smallest works of art on Earth!
His miniature sculptures include The Titanic on a pinhead, a cat on an eyelash and the six wives of Henry VIII in the eye of a needle. Some are a lot smaller than the full stop at the end of this sentence. Wigan started making tiny things when he was a child. People made him feel small because he had learning difficulties, so he decided to show them how significant small could be!
Jessi:
-What a miracle!
Charlie:
-How does he create his unbelievable micro-sculptures?
He slows his breathing, then patiently sculpts or paints between heartbeats, so that his hand stays perfectly still.
He spends months carving his tiny creations from materials such as toothpicks, sugar crystals and grains of rice and then paints them with a tiny hair such as an eyelash. So how do visitors to Willard Wigan's exhibitions view his work? Through a microscope, of course!
Jessi:
-Wonderful! Thanks Charlie. Was a very interesting!
Charlie:
-You are welcome.
Marco Polo is a famous Venetian traveler. In 1271-1275. traveled to China and in 1292-1295. returned by sea to Italy. He described this journey in his "Book on the Diversity of the World", which had a significant impact on navigators, cartographers, and writers of the 14th-16th centuries. The book of Marco Polo was on the ship of Christopher Columbus during his search for a route to India; Columbus made 70 notes in it. 1445 The Portuguese discovered Cape Verde. This was the expedition of Dinis Dias. The cape was called "Green", as many palm trees grew along the entire coast here. This is one of the events that caused new geographical discoveries and the Portuguese expansion of the seas of the world. 1471-1473 In West Africa, in the Gold Coast region (Guinea), the Portuguese built a strong military fort. 1487-1488 Portuguese sailor and discoverer Bartolomeu Dias (1450-1500) explores the southwest coast of Africa. The first European to circumnavigate the continent from the south. Opened m. Good Hope.
вот перевод
Марко Поло — знаменитый венецианский путешественник. В 1271—1275 гг. совершил путешествие в Китай и в 1292—1295 гг. возвратился морем в Италию. Это путешествие он описал в своей "Книге о разнообразии мира", которая оказала значительное влияние на мореплавателей, картографов, писателей XIV—XVI веков. Книга Марко Поло была на корабле Христофора Колумба во время его поиска маршрута в Индию; Колумб сделал в ней 70 пометок.
1445
Португальцы открыли Зеленый мыс. Это была экспедиция Диниша Диаша. Мыс назвали «Зелёным», так как здесь вдоль всего побережья росло много пальм. Это одно из событий, вызвавших новые географические открытия и португальскую экспансию морей мира.
1471-1473
В Западной Африке в районе Голд-Кост (Гвинея) португальцы построили сильный военный форт.
1487-1488
Португальский моряк и первооткрыватель Бартоломеу Диаш (1450 — 1500) исследует юго-запад побережья Африки. Первый европеец, который обогнул континент с южной стороны. Открыл м. Доброй Надежды.