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1、PARTONE:greatvoyagersinhistory李海成秦磊Inthehistoryofhumanbeings,voyageractasaveryimportantrole.whofoundtheAmericanContinent?whomakethefirstcircumnavigationoftheEarthtoprovethattheclimateweliveinisaball?Theansweris:ChristopherColumbusandFerdinandMagellan.Buttheyhaveasamename:voyager.alsocoul
2、dbecalledseaman.ChristopherColumbus(31October1451–20May1506)wasanavigator,colonizer（殖民者）,andexplorerfromtheRepublicofGenoa（热那亚）,innorthwesternItaly,whosevoyagesacrosstheAtlanticOceanledtogeneralEuropeanawarenessoftheAmericancontinentsintheWesternHemisphere（半球）.Withhisfourvoyagesofexplora
3、tionandseveralattemptsatestablishingasettlementontheislandofHispaniola,allfundedbyIsabellaIofCastile,heinitiatedtheprocessofSpanishcolonizationwhichforeshadowedgeneralEuropeancolonizationofthe"NewWorld".ChristopherColumbusFerdinandMagellanHewasborninSabrosa（葡萄牙萨布罗萨）,innorthernPortugal（葡萄
4、牙）,butlaterobtainedSpanishnationalityinordertoserveKingCharlesIofSpaininsearchofawestwardroutetothe"SpiceIslands"(modernMalukuIslandsinIndonesia).Magellan'sfamousexpeditionMagellan‘sexpeditionof1519–1522becamethefirstexpeditiontosailfromtheAtlanticOceanintothePacificOcean(thennamed“peace
5、fulsea”byMagellan;thepassagebeingmadeviatheStraitofMagellan),andthefirsttocrossthePacific.ItalsocompletedthefirstcircumnavigationoftheEarth,althoughMagellanhimselfdidnotcompletetheentirevoyage,beingkilledduringtheBattleofMactaninthePhilippines.Ofthe237menwhosetoutonfiveships,only18comple
6、tedthecircumnavigationandmanagedtoreturntoSpainin1522,ledbytheBasquenavigatorJuanSebastiánElcano,whotookovercommandoftheexpeditionafterMagellan’sdeath.SeventeenothermenarrivedlaterinSpain:twelvemencapturedbythePortuguese（葡萄牙人）inCapeVerde（佛得角）someweeksearlierandbetween1525and1527,andfives
7、urvivorsoftheTrinidad（特立尼达岛）.MagellanalsogiveshisnametotheMagellanicPenguin,whichhewasthefirstEuropeantonote,andtheMagellanicclouds（麦哲伦云）,nowknowntobenearbydwarfgalaxies.PARTTWO:Afamouscruise,oasisoftheseas樊有涛徐田杰OasisofTheSeas海洋绿洲号OasisofTheSeasShipStatistics(数据)Name:Oasi
