A brief introduction to American history?

America * * * is divided into North America * * * North America * * * and South America * * * *, which are located on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean respectively. The following is what I arranged for you. Welcome to enjoy reading.

For Native American Indians, America is not a new continent. They reached the American continent as early as 40,000 years ago, crossed the Bering Strait from Asia to America about 40,000 years ago, or crossed the frozen strait continental bridge.

Columbus's arrival in America only had a great influence on the western world. Indians and westerners are both human beings, so it was Indians who first discovered the new continent, but their discovery had little impact. Neither Columbus nor other westerners landed on the American continent, nor were they "the first to be discovered". Before they came here, there were not only tens of millions of residents here, but also Asians had already landed in America before them, but they Asians did not come to expand their sphere of influence and plunder colonies. But to find a place to live or to avoid disasters, to carry out cultural exchanges or commercial trade, which is a peaceful migration or exploration, which is in sharp contrast with Columbus and later western colonists.

After European colonists came to America, they slaughtered local residents and then sold a large number of black workers from Africa. Columbus was not the first person to discover America, but he reached the "new world" that he thought he had never been to. The "new world" is just a "new world" for Columbus and westerners. Politics, economy and geography divide it into two regions, namely, Anglo * * * without Mexico and Anglo * * * which mostly use English, so it is also called English-speaking America * * * and Latin America * * * without developed countries, and most of them use Latin Spanish and Portuguese * * *. In fact, the Vikings in northern Europe arrived in America earlier than Columbus.

In the bestseller "142 1: China Discovers the World" published in 2002, gavin menzies, former submarine commander of the Royal Navy, argued that the detachment of Zheng He's fleet had sailed around the world and discovered America and Oceania long before the so-called era of great navigation in the west. So whether the American continent was discovered by Zheng He or Columbus has aroused the discussion of international experts.

On June 65438+1October 65438+June 2006, a nautical chart of China, marked Yongle16 * *18 * */drawn in June, was exhibited simultaneously in Beijing and maritime museum, a Greenwich country in London. The navigation map of China has detailed navigation areas and outlines of America, Europe and Africa. In addition, the pictures are accompanied by descriptions of Native Americans with dark skin and feathers on the head and waist, and Native Australians with dark skin and bare bones on the waist.

In the 1960s, archaeologists discovered the remains of their settlements in Newfoundland and New England, Canada. In Viking the legend of heroes, it is recorded that a sailor named Eriksson sailed from Greenland to the east coast of North America around AD 1000. About 1 1 century, some ordinary Nordic businessmen and farmers landed in a place in northern Newfoundland on a round sloop and established a colony there. However, due to the hostility of local Indians and the threat of the North Sea, they were forced to give up returning to China after two or three years.

There are about 900 million residents in the United States, accounting for 13.5% of the total population. For the Indo-European civilization, America was unknown at first, but it was later arrived by the navigator Columbus in 1492, and was mistaken for India, so that the locals were called Indians. It was named after the Italian explorer americ vespvck and is still in use today. Spain and Portugal first immigrated to the United States, and later the Netherlands, Britain and France also immigrated there. 1776, the first western colonial independent country-the United States was born in America.

The historical origin of America.

The name of America is generally said to commemorate a famous Italian navigator, Italian businessman and cartographer named americ vespvck, who explored the east coast of South America and the Caribbean. He was the first person to draw a map of the new continent. His name is written in Latin: americus vespucius. Because the names used in other continents are all negative Latin. Therefore, Americus has become a feminine Latin word: America.

1499. The Americans sailed from the sea to India with the fleet led by Portuguese ojeda. They sailed along the route taken by Columbus, overcame many difficulties and finally reached the American continent. Amerigo made a detailed investigation on the northeast coast of South America and compiled the latest map. 1507, his book Sea Travel Tales came out, which caused a sensation all over the world. In this book, the process of "discovering" the new continent is described in a fascinating way, and the mainland is described and rendered vividly. Amerigo announced the concept of the new continent to the world, and washed away the earth structure system formulated by the absolute authority of western geography in the Middle Ages. Therefore, several French scholars revised and supplemented Doremus's masterpiece Cosmology, and named the New World after Amerigo in recognition of his outstanding contribution to human understanding of the world. After the publication of the new book Cosmology, according to the materials in the book, a new continent-Amerigo was added to the map. Later, according to the word formation form of other continents, "Amerigo" was changed to "Americana". At first, the name was just a guide to America, and through the Mercator map of 154 1, North America was also a part of America.

Some people think: "In English, America and America are the same word' America', but the Chinese translation is different. The former refers to the whole America, and the latter refers to the United States. " This is completely wrong. If you have a little knowledge of logic and history, you should know that the word America existed before the birth of America. How can you say that Chinese translation is different? So the word America is used by Americans to address the whole United States after its birth. Americans often say that "God bless America" means God bless America, not God bless America. Americans mean Americans, including Canadians, Mexicans and Americans. From 1976, only refers to Americans.

Americana was named after the Italian navigator and entrepreneur Amerigo Vespucci Pucci. This is the most popular saying.

Now, British researchers have put forward a new hypothesis. John cabot, a Genoese navigator employed by Britain, landed on the American continent in about 1455- 1499 * *, probably before Columbus, who is said to have first discovered America.

1497 On the morning of May, john cabot and his son Bruno Ji Yan * * about 1475- 1557 * *, with 20 crew members, set out from Bristol, England and sailed for the Atlantic Ocean on their own 50-ton ship "McGuire". After passing the Azores, they turned the bow, pointed starboard at Polaris and sailed west. Five weeks later, the travelers saw the North American coast. On July 24th, the day John was baptized, they landed in Newfoundland. Newfoundland means "newly discovered land" in English. Sailors planted the British flag on this newly discovered land according to the wishes of King henry vii of England. Cabot returned to Bristol harbor. In recognition of his achievements in discovering the new continent, the king of England awarded him an insurance annuity of 20 pounds a year.

Historians also found that cabot's travel expenses were provided by Bristol businessmen. Among the saved documents, there is one that says "the biggest donor traveling in cabot". The proof of payment was found in the Catholic Abbey of Westminster Abbey on 1897. This ancient file was opened and closed in the name of Bristol businessmen and old customs staff who paid donations. The name is Richard America. And the seal is stamped with the word "AMERIC". Probably cabot wanted to thank the sponsors who equipped his expedition, so he decided to name this newly discovered continent after himself-Amerik.

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