哥倫布 Columbus
Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa of Italy.His father was a wool merchant.When he was 26 years old,he became to make merchant voyages.The farthest countries he reached were Iceland and Guinea.
At that time,many European countries became stronger and stronger.Their ships reached Africa and Asia.They got gold,silver,silk,tea and other things from the orient.Columbus wanted to make another way to China and India.
On August 2,1492,Columbus left Spain and began his first voyage.He had three ships.After two months’ hard sailing,on October 12,they got to an island in the Bahamas.On October 29,they reached Cuba.But a few days later,one of his ships left them.And on December25,his flagship sunk.Fortunately,the ship that left them rejoined him again.They went back to Lisbon on March 4,1943.
Although they didn’t get to rich orient countries and look back wealth,they found a new place that nobody had gone to.Columbus thought it was India and called the islands the West Indias.
From 1493 to 1504,he sailed to America three times.He reached most of the coast of southern America and set up many colonies.
On May 20,1506,Columbus died because of disease.
哥倫布
1451年,哥倫布出生于意大利熱那亞.他的父親是一位羊毛商人.26歲時(shí),他開(kāi)始隨商船出海.他最遠(yuǎn)到達(dá)的國(guó)家是北歐是冰島和非洲的幾內(nèi)亞.
那時(shí),許多歐洲國(guó)家逐漸強(qiáng)大起來(lái),他們的船只到達(dá)了非洲和亞洲,從東方帶來(lái)大量的金銀、絲綢、茶葉等貴重物品.哥倫布想另外開(kāi)辟一條通往印度和中國(guó)的航線.1492年8月2日,哥倫布帶著三條船離開(kāi)西班牙,開(kāi)始了他的第一次遠(yuǎn)航.經(jīng)過(guò)兩個(gè)月的艱苦航行,10月12日,他們到達(dá)巴哈馬群島中的一個(gè)島.10月29日,他們到達(dá)了古巴.但幾天以后,有條船擅自離開(kāi)船隊(duì).12月25日,哥倫布的旗艦沉沒(méi)了.幸運(yùn)的是離開(kāi)他們的那條船又與他們會(huì)合了.1493年3月4日,他們回到里斯本.
雖然他們沒(méi)有到達(dá)富有的東方,沒(méi)有帶回金銀財(cái)寶,但是他們到了一個(gè)歐洲人從來(lái)沒(méi)有去過(guò)的地方.哥倫布認(rèn)為他所去的地方屬于印度,他把那島叫做“西印度群島”.
1492年到1504年間,哥倫布又三次航行至美洲.他到了面美的大部分的海岸,建了眾多的殖民地.
1506年5月20日,哥倫布因病去世.