1.
commerce: 1) an interchange of goods or commodities
2) the exchange, buying and selling of goods on a large scale involving transportation place to place
2.
disparity: 1) lack of similarity or equality
2) markedly distinct in quality or character
3.
erudite: 1) a person characterized byhaving great knowledge
2) possessing extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books
4.
fervor: 1) intensity of feeling or expression
2) great intensity of feeling or belief
5.
flotilla: 1) a fleet of ships or boats; a navy organizational unit consisting of two or more squadrons of
2) a group of naval vessels
6.
frigate: 1) a fast naval vessel that is heavily armed on one or two decks
2) a light boat propelled originally by oars but later by sails; a war vessel smaller than an attack ship
7.
impressment: 1) the act of seizing goods for public use or of forcing persons into public service
2) the act of seizing goods for public use or of forcing persons into public service
8.
maelstrom: 1) a powerful, often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
2)a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool
9.
Manifest Destiny: 1) the 19th-century doctrine asserting that the United States was destined to expand westward
to the Pacific and to exert economic and social control throughout North America
2) the belief that it was the devine inevitable right of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America
10.
maritime: 1) of or relating to navigation or commerce on the sea
2) of or pertaining to the sea
11.
privateer: 1) an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships
2)an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy ships; also: a sailor on such a ship
12.
uncharted territory: 1) an area of land not recorded or plotted on a map, chart, or plan
2)an area of land that has not yet been explored or mapped out
