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1、PARTONE:greatvoyagersinhistory李海成秦磊Inthehistoryofhumanbeings,voyageractasaveryimportantrole.whofoundtheAmericanContinent?whomakethefirstcircumnavigationoftheEarthtoprovethattheclimateweliveinisaball?Theansweris:ChristopherColumbusandFerdinandMagellan.Butt
2、heyhaveasamename:voyager.alsocouldbecalledseaman.ChristopherColumbus(31October1451–20May1506)wasanavigator,colonizer（殖民者）,andexplorerfromtheRepublicofGenoa（热那亚）,innorthwesternItaly,whosevoyagesacrosstheAtlanticOceanledtogeneralEuropeanawarenessoftheAmeric
3、ancontinentsintheWesternHemisphere（半球）.WithhisfourvoyagesofexplorationandseveralattemptsatestablishingasettlementontheislandofHispaniola,allfundedbyIsabellaIofCastile,heinitiatedtheprocessofSpanishcolonizationwhichforeshadowedgeneralEuropeancolonizationof
4、the"NewWorld".ChristopherColumbusFerdinandMagellanHewasborninSabrosa（葡萄牙萨布罗萨）,innorthernPortugal（葡萄牙）,butlaterobtainedSpanishnationalityinordertoserveKingCharlesIofSpaininsearchofawestwardroutetothe"SpiceIslands"(modernMalukuIslandsinIndonesia).Magellan's
5、famousexpeditionMagellan‘sexpeditionof1519–1522becamethefirstexpeditiontosailfromtheAtlanticOceanintothePacificOcean(thennamed“peacefulsea”byMagellan;thepassagebeingmadeviatheStraitofMagellan),andthefirsttocrossthePacific.Italsocompletedthefirstcircumnavi
6、gationoftheEarth,althoughMagellanhimselfdidnotcompletetheentirevoyage,beingkilledduringtheBattleofMactaninthePhilippines.Ofthe237menwhosetoutonfiveships,only18completedthecircumnavigationandmanagedtoreturntoSpainin1522,ledbytheBasquenavigatorJuanSebastián
7、Elcano,whotookovercommandoftheexpeditionafterMagellan’sdeath.SeventeenothermenarrivedlaterinSpain:twelvemencapturedbythePortuguese（葡萄牙人）inCapeVerde（佛得角）someweeksearlierandbetween1525and1527,andfivesurvivorsoftheTrinidad（特立尼达岛）.Magellanalsogiveshisnametoth
8、eMagellanicPenguin,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
