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Lesson 101 Who Discovered America?
第101課 誰發現了美洲？
Did the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus really discover America?
真的是意大利探險家克里斯多弗·哥倫布發現美洲的嗎？
It's believed that travelers from China got there first.
一般相信來自中國的旅行者最先到達那里。
They crossed the Pacific to Mexico in the fifth century.
他們在第五世紀時即橫渡太平洋到了墨西哥。
In fact, Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 and never got to North America.
事實上，哥倫布在1492年登陸巴哈馬群島，但卻未曾到達北美洲。
America was not even named after Christopher Columbus.
美洲甚至不是以克里斯多弗·哥倫布的名字命名的。
It was named after Amerigo Vespucci, who landed in America in the late fifteenth century.
它是以在15世紀末登陸美洲的亞美利哥·維斯浦奇的名字命名的。
