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23 января, 09:45

The discovery of America.

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In our day everybody knows what the word America means. First of all it is the name of the country - the United States of America. And then America is the name of the two countinents - North America and South America.

Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. He was born in Italy but he lived in Spain gave him money to go India. He was a seameh and made many sea voyages. In 1492 the King and the Queen of Spain gave him money to go to India. He decided to go west because he was sure that iur planet was round. And after sailing 4000 miles, he reached some land. Columbus thought that must be India but is was not. It was a new land - a new continent. It was America - Central America in fact. People began to speak about the land as New World.