|
Tortuga Banks
Tortuga is the Spanish word for a turtle or tortoise. It may also refer to: Geography * Tortugas, Argentina, a town in Santa Fe Province, Argentina * Tortuga (Haiti), a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti * Tortugas Banks, coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary * Tortuga Bay, a bay on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos * Tortuga Island (other) * Dry Tortugas, a group of islands in the Florida Keys in the United States * Freeport Tortuga, a free port project on Tortuga, Haiti, during the early 1970s Art, entertainment, and media * Tortuga (''Breaking Bad''), a fictional drug dealer in the AMC-TV drama, ''Breaking Bad'' * '' Tortuga: Pirates of the New World'', a computer game set in the ''Golden Age of Piracy'' era * Tortuga, a fictional aircraft in the children's television show ''Wild Kratts'' * Tortuga Isle, a safe haven for fugitive pirates, featured prominently in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' (2003) * ''Tort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles, including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles, much of the ocean. Like other Amniote, amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. Turtle shells are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed Turtle shell#Carapace, carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer surface is covered in scale (anatomy), scales made of keratin, the material of hair, horns, and claws. The carapace bones deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates Of The New World
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilisations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples of such areas include the waters of Gibraltar, the Strait of Malacca, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden, and the English Channel, whose geographic structures facilitated pirate attacks. The term ''piracy'' generally refers to maritime piracy, although the term has been generalized to refer to acts committed on land, in the ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
