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October 12, 1492, Italian (according to some sources - Spanish) Navigator Christopher Columbus landed in the New world - in this day expedition of Christopher Columbus reached the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas archipelago, which was subsequently adopted for the official date of the discovery of America.
This event is rather contradictory, because of European settlement in America led to the disappearance of the history and culture of many of the indigenous peoples of the continent.
Columbus day is a public weekends in many parts of the United States, but in some States, for example, in California, Nevada, Hawaii, the day is not celebrated. Governmental institutions and schools, as a rule, are closed, but commercial organizations can work. Over the government buildings raise the state flag of the United States.
Перевод
12 октября 1492 года итальянский (по некоторым источникам — испанский) мореплаватель Христофор Колумб высадился в Новом свете — в этот день экспедиция Христофора Колумба достигла острова Сан-Сальвадор в Багамском архипелаге, что впоследствии было принято за официальную дату открытия Америки.
Это событие довольно противоречиво, потому что поселения европейцев в Америке привели к исчезновению истории и культуры многих коренных народов материка.
День Колумба является общественным выходным во многих частях США, но в некоторых штатах, например, в Калифорнии, Неваде, Гавайи, день не отмечается. Государственные учреждения и школы, как правило, закрыты, но коммерческие организации могут работать. Над правительственными зданиями поднимают государственный флаг США.
Каждый год в США отмечают День Колумба. Этот праздник посвящен прибытию великого мореплавателя 12 октября 1492 года на остров Сан-Сальвадор, который также называют остров Вейтлинга. С этого острова начался Новый Свет.
В понедельник 10 октября в США отмечают День Колумба. Этот федеральный праздник отмечается во второй понедельник октября в память о прибытии Христофора Колумба на американский континент.
Великий итальянский мореплаватель совершил под испанским флагом четыре экспедиции в Новый Свет. Однако ему так и не удалось осуществить свою мечту – двигаясь на запад, найти путь в Азию. Вместо этого, благодаря Колумбу, мир вступил в новую эпоху – эпоху освоения американского континента.
День Колумба стал общенациональным праздником в Соединенных Штатах в 1971 году. В этот день закрыты большинство банков, почтовые отделения, объявляется выходной для федеральные служб и правительств штатов.
В День Колумба не ведется торговля казначейскими ценными бумагами, хотя многие биржи и другие компании работают.
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Christopher Columbus was the person who discovered America in 1492.
He was the son of a poor Italian weaver. From his early childhood Columbus was interested in big ships. One day he went off to sea and then made lots of voyages. The seamen of that time didn’t sail far as they knew little of the Atlantic Ocean and didn’t know what was in it or beyond it. When the astronomers declared that the earth was round, Columbus wanted to check it and reach India by sailing to the West.
Being interested in shorter trade routes to India, the Spanish Government gave Columbus three small ships and less than a hundred men so that he could try to carry out his voyage. In 1492 Columbus left Spain on this great expedition. As they sailed West they reached the Canary Islands and the next day they saw land, which was given the name of San Salvador. However, Columbus had no idea that he had discovered a new continent; he thought it was an unknown part of India. He came back to Spain in triumph.
Some time later a man named Amerigo Vespucci explored the same coast as Columbus and found that it wasn’t the coast of India. He said it was a New World. For a long time the land had no special name. Only in 1506, the year of Christopher Columbus’s death, it was named America after Amerigo. However, Columbus was the true discoverer of the continent.
European people came to the New World for various reasons. Some hoped to find gold and silver. Priests and missionaries came to bring the Christian religion to the Indians. Among all, there was a small group of English people called Pilgrims who wanted to start a new life and to have no religious problems they had in England. In 1620 on the ship «Mayflower» they landed in the north-east of America, set up a colony and called that part of the country «New England».Колумб биография английский
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 20.05.1506) - Genoese explorer.
Christopher Columbus was a well-known Spanish explorer of Italian origin. His main expedition took place in 1492, when he opened America for the Europeans. He is still known worldwide as the discoverer of America. Columbus was the first traveler who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the subtropical and tropical belts of the northern hemisphere and entered the Caribbean Sea. All in all, he had made four voyages to America. The explorer was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, which is now the part of modern Italy. His family was rather poor and he had several brothers and a sister. Columbus studied at the University of Pavia. Around 1470 he married one navigator’s daughter. Since then, he participated in maritime trade expeditions. In 1474, he got a letter from his friend geographer saying that India can be reached by a shorter route if they sail west. That information encouraged him to project a sea voyage to India.
Making his own calculations, he decided to go through the Canary Islands. In 1476, the traveler moved to Portugal where he stayed for the next nine years. During that time he visited England, Ireland, Iceland, Guinea and many other places. Around 1480 he addressed the government and Genoese merchants asking them to support his expedition, but there was no response. In 1483, he proposed the same project to the Portuguese King John II, but got the negative response. In 1485, together with his son Columbus moved to Spain. In 1486, he managed to interest the Duke of Medina-Seli by his project. The Duke introduced him to the royal financial advisors, bankers, merchants and his uncle - Cardinal Mendoza, who promoted an audience with Catholic Kings. The Columbus was unwilling to disclose his plans, so the final verdict was unclear. In 1488, he received a favourable response, but without any concrete proposals.
A step forward was made by Queen Isabella of Castile in 1492. The royal couple gave Columbus and his ancestors the title of noblemen and promised to give him the title of Admiral in case his overseas project becomes successful. Between 1492 and 1504 Columbus made four research expeditions, describing all the events in his logbook. Unfortunately, the original journal hasn’t survived. The official date of the discovery of America was the 12th of October, 1492. Columbus with his tree ships and a crew of 120 sailors landed on the island which he named San Salvador. After all his expeditions he returned to Seville. By that time he was already seriously ill. Unfortunately, he couldn’t restore the privileges and rights that granted to him earlier. The explorer died on May 20th, 1506, in Valladolid. The importance of his discoveries was recognized only in the middle of the 16th century.