March 9, 1451 (Xinwei February - the seventh day), the birth of the Italian explorer Amerigo. the


Americas full name "American Island". It is the name of what to do? This was from the late 15th century to the early 16th century, Europeans opened up a route to India and the Americas, which it discovered America Speaking. The first inhabitants of the
American continent Indians. The beginning of the 16th century, there is still very backward, and some just entering the feudal duchy, and some are staying in tribal society. This time, some Western European countries, capitalism has budding. Emerging bourgeois thirst for plundering the wealth from overseas, especially to find gold, the question arose adventure activities to open up new routes. Italian Genoese Columbus in support of the King of Spain, from 1492-1504, four West Airlines to the Americas. He gradually discovered Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and other islands and land, and saw in Central America, Honduras and Panama, and even reaches the shore of the South American continent Elinuoke estuary. Columbus's expedition results, (L $ dj��.c��m) habit in the history of the world is called "geographical discovery" or "the discovery of the New World". (? V history today?? Com)
almost in Columbus explorers sailed the same time, there is a call the Amerigo's Birthday "target =" _blank "> Amerigo in 1497-1504 of seven years, eight years, on three occasions to sail to northern South America Columbus "discovered" After the tour, he proved that the land is not the ancient Asian, but rather a "New World" or & ldquo ; the discovery of the New World ".
Amerigo return to Europe, draw a latest map, published a widely read very widely Travels: Sea Travel Tales book concluded that this place is not India, but the new "continent". descendants use his name names the New World, history and geography of the name of the American Island
Amerigo March 1451 Born in Florence, Italy, on the 9th, he died in 1512, is famous maritime explorer.