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1、哥伦布发现新大陆(英文版)Therearemainlythreeaspects.BackgroundofvoyagesVoyagesofChristopherColumbusThesignificanceofthediscoveryofAmericabackgroundofvoyagesReligiousfactorsReligiouswasoneimportantfactorenforcedEuropeincludingSpaintoexpandabroad.TheSpanish,whobeli
2、eveinCatholicism(天主教),conflictingwithMuslimsfrequently.3.ThegreedforwealthEuropehadlongenjoyedasafepassagetoChinaandIndia------thegoldandsourcesofvaluedgoodssuchassilk,spicesetc.TheeastofMediterranean(地中海)wasunderOttoman’s(土耳其)control,whichwasthetradi
3、tionalcommercialroadthrougheastandwest.Spain,atthesametime,havingcompletedanexpensivewar,wasdesperateforacompetitiveedgeoverotherEuropeancountriesintradewiththeEastIndies(东印度群岛).4.PoliticalsystemSpainhadalreadyestablishedunifiedcentralizedcentralautoc
4、racy(统一集权的中央专治制度),theQueencancentralizeandmanoeuvre(调动)qualifiedpersonnel,materialresourcesandfinancialresourcestomakeexplorations.5.AboutChristopherColumbusWhenChristopherColumbusinPortugal,heobtainedrichexperienceofoceanicnavigation,learnedmuchknowl
5、edgeofastronomy,geography,hydrology(水文学)andmeteorology(气象学).VoyagesofChristopherColumbusOntheeveningofAugust3,1492,ColumbusdepartedfromPalos(帕斯洛—西班牙港口)withthreeships:onelargercarrack,SantaMaria(圣玛利亚号),andtwosmallercaravels,Pinta(平塔号)andSantaClara(尼尼雅号
6、).ClickheretointerlinkthevideoColumbusfirstsailedtotheCanaryIslands(加那利群岛),whereherestockedtheprovisionsandmaderepairs,andonSeptember6,hestartedwhatturnedouttobeafive-weekvoyageacrosstheocean.SinceSeptember9,Columbusbegantohidetherealnavigationalspeed
7、andmiles,avoidedthatsailorsmayalarmedfortheytoofarawayfromtheland.September14,explorationpartybegantodiscoverseabirdconstantly.Itseemsthatthelandisrightinfrontofthem.AndonSeptember16,theydiscoveredmuchgrass,whichlookslikeagreenhill.Infact,whattheymetw
8、asjustSargassoSea(马尾藻海),whichwas4,500,000sq.km.September20,somesailorswasupsetandangry.Theywereafraidoftheymaydieofthirstorstarvationlongbeforereachingthedestination.October11,theysawsomerattan(藤荆),onesapling(小树),oneprogressedplank(加工过的木板)etc.