“The Discovery of America”

Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. He was born in Italy but lived in Spain for a long time. He was a seaman and made many sea voyages. In 1492 the King and the Queen of Spain gave him money to go to India. He decided to sail west as he was sure that our planet was round. And after sailing 4000 miles (6400 kilometres ), he reached some land. Columbus thought that it must be India but it was not. It was a new land-a new continent. It was America-Central America in fact. People called this land “the New World”.

Then Columbus made some more voyages to the New World. He discovered some more islands in Central America.

The second great voyage of Christopher Columbus began in September in 1493. He had seventeen ships with him. On this voyage he reached Cuba but didn’t know it was an island. Columbus made four trips to the New World but he never landed on the mainland of North America.

England became interested in the New World too. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the seventeenth century. On the 6th of September in 1620 a group of people left England for the New World. They sailed from the English city on board the ship “Mayflower”. They wanted to start a new life.

After three months’ voyage these people landed in the Northeast of America. There were 74 men and 28 women on “Mayflower”. They set up a colony and called that part of the country “New England”.

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