5. The Voyage, 1492.
Columbus left Spain in August, 1492, and, refitting at the Canaries, sailed westward into the Sea of Darkness. At ten o’clock in the evening of October 20, 1492, looking out into the night, he saw a light in the distance. The fleet was soon stopped. When day broke, there, sure enough,was land. A boat was lowered, and Columbus, going ashore, took possession of the new land for Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Aragon and Castile. The natives came to see the discoverers. They were reddish in color and interested Columbus—for were they not inhabitants of the Far East? So he called them Indians.
refitting
Beauty [ˌriːˈfɪtɪŋ]
v. Modification (ing form of refit); redecoration
When a ship is refitted, it is repaired or is given new parts, equipment, or furniture. 整修; 改装
During the war, navy ships were refitted here.
Naval warships were renovated here during the war.
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (English name: Canary Islands; Spanish name: Islas Canarias) are Spanish enclaves and free ports. Located on the Atlantic Ocean in northwest Africa, on the northwest coast of the African continent are volcanic archipelagos. It is about 130 km east of the west coast of Africa and about 1100 km northeast of Spain. It is about 100 to 120 kilometers away from the southwest coast of Morocco, and is divided into two island groups, east and west. The eastern group includes Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and 6 small islands, while the western group includes Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Palma, La Gomera and Ferro (also known as Hierro). It has an area of 7,273 square kilometers and a population of 1.36 million (1982). So it doesn't belong to any city, it's an independent island, similar to China's Hainan.
In the era when the island was named, the Romans ruled Over Europe, and Latin had a status equivalent to english today. When the Romans arrived on the island, they found that there were many dogs on the island, and the island's natives admired them, hence the locals called canari (Latin, people with dogs), the island is also known as Insula Canaria (Island of Dogs Dog Island).
Subsequently, people discovered that there was a large number of unnamed birds on the island, and then named this bird after the island. After the fall of the Roman Empire, countries continued to use the name with their own spelling habits, such as Spanish Canario, French Canari, German Kanarien, English Canary, etc.
Sea of Darkness
英[siː ɒv ˈdɑːknəs]美[siː əv ˈdɑːrknəs]
Sea of Darkness
took possession of
possessive
We have never meet face to face until they barged, they took possession of the bridge.
We had never seen each other until they sped past and occupied the bridge.
aragon and castile
Aragon and Castile
Spain /Castile Castile/Aragon
In the early 16th century, the Habsburgs from Germany took the throne of Spain by marriage, and after the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701-1714, sovereignty passed to the Bourbons from France, who could not even speak Castilian (Spanish) language, for whom they did not belong personally, but to them one or more.
reddish
英 [ˈredɪʃ] 美 [ˈredɪʃ]
adj. Reddish; slightly reddish
Reddish means slightly red in colour. 微红的
He had reddish brown hair.
He has brown hair that is slightly red.
inhabitants
英[ɪnˈhæbɪtənts]美[ɪnˈhæbətənts]
n. inhabitants (of a certain place), inhabited animals;
plural of inhabitant;
The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water.
Residents had to walk a mile to fetch water.
We all know the story of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Columbus, however, never acknowledged the discovery of the New World, but always believed that it was India, and called it Indios (Spanish).
Thus, Native Americans are known as Native Indians, although they do not belong to either India or the Indian subcontinent.
5. Voyage of 1492
In August 1492, Columbus left Spain to resupply in Canary and sail west into the "Sea of Darkness.". At 10 p.m. on October 20, 1492, he saw a lamp in the distance, and the fleet came to a quick halt, of course, at dawn they saw land. They put down a small boat, and Columbus went to the shore to win this new land for King Ferdinand of Spain and Queen Isabella. People on land came to see the finders, their skin was reddish, and Columbus was puzzled—were they not residents of the Far East? So Columbus called them Indians.