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【正文】 romote the development of merce (mercantilism), sea navigation and industry, and provide the way for the rapid development of early capitalism. Marco Polo (c. 1254 – January 8, 1324) ? Silk road ? Christopher Columbus(1451—1506) was born in Genoa, Italy. ? The young man loved sailing and believed the earth was round. He planned to reach China and India through Atlantic, “ the sea of darkness” . ? He spent seven years asking help from the Portuguese, British and French governments, but was turned down and even sneered at. Finally the Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promised to help him. ? August 3, 1492, more than eighty sailors headed by Columbus set off on board three ships named “ Pinta” , “ Nina” and “ Santa Maria” from the port of Palos, Spain. ? October 12, 1492, they landed an island of the Bahamas which Columbus named “ San Salvador” meaning “ Holy Savior” . ? Then they went to other islands such as Cuba, and came back to Palos on March 16, 1493. ? Columbus mistook the islands he landed for India, and so called the inhabitants (Tainos) Indians. ? West Indies and West Indians ? From 1493 to 1504 Columbus reached American continent three more times and in 1498 he reached south America. Landing of Columbus ?In 1497 the Italian navigator John Cabot under the aid of the British government reached what is now Canada. ? In 1499 another Italian navigator called Amerigo Vespucci reached Brazil under aid of the Portuguese government. ? first person to demonstrate that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not the eastern appendage of Asia, but rather a previouslyunknown fourth continent ? In 1507 Martin Waldseem252。s red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave O39。s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight O39。 the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun. ? a book about the flag published by the Congress in 197
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