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    The Discovery of America
    Everybody knows that the word America can mean different
    things. First of all America is the name of the country whose
    official name is the
    United States of America.
    Then Ameri ca is the name
    of the two continents —
    North America and South
    America.
    Christopher Columbus discovered
    America in 1492.
    He was the first man from
    Europe to get there.
    Christopher was born in
    1451 in Italy but he lived
    in Spain for many years. Columbus was a seaman and made a
    lot of sea voyages. In those days people in Europe were much
    interested in India and other countries which were situated in
    Asia because ships sailed east to Asia and brought gold and
    other riches from those places. A lot of seamen sailed east
    and came back rich people.
    Like many people of his time Columbus knew that our planet
    is round. He was sure he could also get to India if he sailed
    west.
    In 1492 the King and Queen of Spain gave Columbus money
    and ships to make a voyage to India. So with three small
    ships Columbus and his men sailed west. They sailed for three
    weeks and then on October 12, they saw an island. It was
    situated in Central America. But Columbus didn’t know that
    then. He thought he was in Asia and gave the people he met
    on the island the name of Indians. Altogether1
    Columbus made
    four voyages to America
    before he died in 1506.
    People began to speak
    about the new land as “the
    New World” saying that
    Columbus’s disco very was
    one of the most important
    things in history. Many
    people know these words:
    “In fourteen hundred and
    ninety two Columbus sailed
    the ocean blue...”

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  • In this little paragraph you can learn something new abou Christopher Columbus. For example did you know that he was born in Italy but lived in Spain and he made a lot of sea voyages there.He was interested in many countries , especially in Asia! He brought a lot of richies from those places.But he thought that he could go to india by other way,from West!So he decided to go there again, and this time King and Queen of Spain supported him with ships and money.Around 3 weeks he and his men sailed West until they saw land.It was America!And he made 4 voyages to America until he died in 1506...

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      jared
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