怎麼用英語介紹美洲
1. 用英語介紹七大洲 急
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Overview -- [name of Antarctica. Is the final arrival of the mainland, also known as the "seventh continent." Location : Located in the southernmost tip of the Earth. Almost all the land in the Antarctic circle, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Is the world's geographic latitude highest one Chau. Area : total area of about 14 million square kilometers, or about the world's total land area of 9.4%. Scope : from around the Antarctic continent, and continental ice islands, the mainland area of 12.393 million square kilometers, continental ice area of 1.582 million square kilometers, the island area of 76,000 square kilometers. Geographical areas : Antarctica pm East and West Antarctica Antarctica in two parts. East Antarctica from east longitude 30 ° extension to 170 ° east longitude, including Coutts, the Queen Maud Land Enderby, Wilkes, George V Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica and the pole plateau. Area of 10.18 million square kilometers. West Antarctica is located at longitude 50 ° -160 °, including the Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander Island, Ellsworth, as well as Byrd Land (Mary. Byrd Land), an area of 2.29 million square kilometers. Residents : Antarctica, the only continent some from other scientific whaling and test teams, no permanent residents. History : 1738? 739, the French Kazibwe maritime Antarctic discovered in a nearby island (this Kazibwe Island). 1772? 775, Cook arrived at the British Antarctic located near the South Shetland Islands. 1820? 821, Americans Palmer, Tsarist Russia who Bellingshausen and Novolazarevskaya. British Bransfield have discovered that the Antarctic continent. 1838? 842, Ross British, French Dierweier. Wilkes and other Americans visited the Antarctic continent. December 1911 Amundsen of Norway and other four people first arrived in the Antarctic Pole. 1928-1929, and the Americans made several Antarctic flight inspection, and establish a "mini Asia and the United States Geography base." [Antarctic Expedition -- international activities in December 1959, 12 countries signed the "Antarctic Treaty." Its main contents are : Antarctica used only for peaceful purposes, and to ensure that in the Antarctic regions freedom of scientific investigation. to promote scientific study of international cooperation, prohibited in all areas of the Antarctic with military activities and the nature of nuclear explosions and the disposal of radioactive waste. Antarctic freeze on the territorial requirements. At present, many countries in the world have acceded to the "Antarctic Treaty." China and the Antarctic : November 20, 1984, China sent 591 members of the Antarctic expedition team. on the "Xiangyanghong 10" Antarctic exploration ship first went to the station and inspected. February 1985 Antarctic Great Wall of China on King George Island, the southern tip of the peninsula Fildes completed, geographical coordinates of latitude 62 ° 12'59 "W 58 ° 57'52" from the Beijing 17501.9 km. November 20, 1988 and 1989 on April 10 in east China's polar expedition team in Antarctica Larsemann Hills China on the establishment of the Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, the Zhongshan Station geographical coordinates of latitude 69 ° 22'24 " east longitude 76 ° 22'24 ", 12553.2 km from Beijing. from the South Pole [2,903 km coastline of the Antarctic environment -- the mainland coastline of about 24,700 km. Marginal Seas of Antarctica and marginal sea island belonging to the South Pacific in another high-Jin Billings, the Ross Sea. Amundsen Sea and belongs to the South Atlantic, such as the SEA. The main island is Auckland Islands, Kazibwe Island, South Shetlands Islands, South Ossetia Paradise Islands, Adelaide Island, Alexander Island, Peter the First Island, South Georgia Island, Prince Edward Islands and the South Sandwich Islands. The topography of the Trans-Antarctic Mountains to the Antarctic continent is divided into two parts. East Antarctica, the larger, as an ancient shield and associate Plain, the Trans-Antarctic Mountains stretching from the edge of the shield; West Antarctica smaller size of a folded belt, the mountains, plateaus and basins. Two things are part of a settlement between the Strip, from the Ross Sea has been extended to the SEA. Antarctica mainland average altitude of 350 meters is the highest on earth Chau. Byrd Land highest point (to Malibade) Vinson Massif 5 140 meters above sea level. Almost all of the mainland was covered by snow, ice thickness is 1 880 meters and 4000 meters thick. Ocean around the continent there are many tall ice barrier and the tip. All at only 2% of the land without perennial ice cover, known as the Antarctic ice sheets "Oasis" is the main plant and animal habitat land. "Oasis" is the peak, cliffs, lakes and volcanoes. Ross Ailishi volcanic island is a well-known active volcanoes. Climate : The climate of Antarctica is characterized by the cold wind and dry. Island-wide average temperature of -25 ° C, inland plateau average temperature of -56 ℃, extreme minimum temperature of -89.2 ° C was reached, the world's most cold land. Island-wide average speed of 17? 8 m / s wind speed along the ground often as 45 m / sec, maximum wind speed up to 75 m / s and above, the wind is the world's largest and strongest wind areas. Most regional rainfall is less than 250 mm, only mainland marginal areas up to about 500 mm. Island-wide average annual rainfall of 55 millimeters of precipitation within the mainland, only about 30 mm, pole near almost no precipitation, the air is very dry, the "white desert" for all. Seasonal and diurnal : Antarctic winter every year, warm two quarters, four? 0 months of the cold season, 11 woo text? Month is warm. In the quarter pole near continuous cold night, this time near the Antarctic Circle often appear dazzling aurora; Warm the contrary, To consecutive day, the sun always tilt irradiation. Pole and the South Pole of Inaccessibility : South Geomagnetic Pole that the Antarctic 1985 South Pole position is about 24 ° N 139 ', south latitude 65 ° 36'. "Pole of Inaccessibility," is about to south latitude 82 ° and 55 ° N-60 ° to the center of the Heights, the high and steep terrain. Glacier became an outflow of Oita ice line, it is hard to approach or reach areas. 【Natural resources -- minerals in Antarctica contains more than 220 mineral species. Mainly coal, oil, natural gas, platinum, uranium, iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium, lead, tin, zinc, gold, copper, aluminum, Antimony, graphite, silver, diamonds, and so on. Mainly in East Antarctica, the Antarctic Peninsula and coastal islands. Victoria Land as a large coalfield area, south of gold, silver and graphite mine, the entire western continental shelf oil and natural gas is very rich, Prince Charles discovered enormous iron ore belt, George V Marine reserves are tin, lead, antimony, molybdenum, zinc, copper, the Antarctic Peninsula is a central part of manganese and copper, the coastal Ashipulan Island nickel, cobalt, chromium ore, Sangweiai Ailishi volcanic islands and a sulfur storage. Biological : Antarctica plants scarce, only mosses, algae, lichens and several flowering plants. Seawater or marginal land animals common seals, sea lions and dolphins, birds are penguins, albatrosses, gulls, petrels; China abounds in marine cetacean, a blue whale, herring and humpback whales, such as whales, is the world's largest proction whale areas. Antarctic seas around krill also abounds, with an estimated annual output of about a catch? .5 Million tons of aquatic procts for human needs. Water resources : Antarctica is a tremendous natural "refrigerator", is the world's fresh water to the storage.
中文部分
【概況】
名稱 南極洲。是人類最後到達的大陸，也叫「第七大陸。」
位置：位於地球最南端，土地幾乎都在南極圈內，四周瀕太平洋、印度洋和大西洋。是世界上地理緯度最高的一個洲。
面積：總面積約1 400萬平方千米，約佔世界陸地總面積的9.4％。
范圍：由圍繞南極的大陸、陸緣冰和島嶼組成，其中大陸面積1 239.3萬平方千米，陸緣冰面積158.2萬平方千米，島嶼面積7.6萬平方千米。
地理分區：南極洲分東南極洲和西南極洲兩部分。東南極洲從西經30°向東延伸到東經170°，包括科茨地、毛德皇後地、恩德比地、威爾克斯地、喬治五世海岸、維多利亞地、南極高原和極點。面積1 018萬平方千米。西南極洲位於西經50°-160°之間，包括南極半島、亞歷山大島、埃爾斯沃思地以及伯德地（瑪麗．伯德地）等，面積229萬平方千米。
居民：南極洲僅有一些來自其它大陸的科學考查人員和捕鯨隊，無定居居民。
簡史：1738?739年，法國人布韋航海時發現了南極附近的一個島嶼（今布韋島）。1772?775年，英國人庫克到達南極附近的南設得蘭群島。1820?821年，美國人帕爾默、沙俄人別林斯高晉和拉扎列夫、英國人布蘭斯菲爾德先後發現了南極大陸。1838?842年，英國人羅斯、法國人迪爾維爾、美國人威爾克斯等先後考察了南極大陸。1911年12月阿蒙森等四名挪威人首次到達南極極點。1928-1929年，美國人作了幾次南極飛行考察，並建立了「小亞美利加基地」。
【南極考察】
國際活動 1959年12月，由12個國家簽訂了《南極條約》。其主要內容是：南極洲僅用於和平目的，保證在南極地區進行科學考察的自由，促進科學考察中的國際合作，禁止在南極地區進行一切具有軍事性質的活動及核爆炸和處理放射廢物，凍結對南極的領土要求等。目前，世界上許多國家都加入了《南極條約》。
我國與南極：1984年11月20日，我國派出591人組成的南極考察隊，乘「向陽紅10號」考察船首次赴南極建站與考察。1985年2月中國南極長城站在喬治王島菲爾德斯半島南端落成，地理坐標為南緯62°12′59〃,西經58°57′52〃，距北京17501.9千米。1988年11月20日-1989年4月10日中國東南極考察隊在南極大陸拉斯曼丘陵上建立了中國南極中山站，中山站地理坐標為南緯69°22′24〃,東經76°22′24〃，距北京12553.2千米，距南極點2903千米
【自然環境】
海岸線 南極洲大陸海岸線長約24 700千米。
邊緣海與島嶼 南極洲邊緣海有屬於南太平洋的別林斯高晉海、羅斯海、阿蒙森海和屬於南大西洋的威德爾海等。主要島嶼有奧克蘭群島、布韋島、南設得蘭群島、南奧克尼群島、阿德萊德島、亞歷山大島、彼得一世島、南喬治亞島、愛德華王子群島、南桑威奇群島。 地形 橫貫南極的山脈將南極大陸分為兩部分。東南極洲，面積較大，為一古老的地盾和準平原，橫貫南極山脈綿延於地盾的邊緣；西南極洲面積較小，為一褶皺帶，由山地、高原和盆地組成。東西兩部分之間有一沉陷地帶，從羅斯海一直延伸到威德爾海。南極洲大陸平均海拔2 350米，是地球上最高的洲。最高點伯德地（瑪麗·伯德地）的文森山海拔5 140米。大陸幾乎全部被冰雪所覆蓋，冰層平均厚度有1 880米，最厚達4 000米以上。大陸周圍的海洋上有許多高大的冰障和冰山。全洲僅2％的土地無長年冰雪覆蓋，被稱為南極冰原的「綠洲」，是動植物主要生息之地。「綠洲」上有高峰、懸崖、湖泊和火山。羅斯島上的埃里伯斯火山是著名的活火山。
氣候：南極洲的氣候特點是酷寒、風大和乾燥。全洲年平均氣溫為－25℃，內陸高原平均氣溫為－56℃左右，極端最低氣溫曾達－89.2℃，為世界最冷的陸地。全洲平均風速17?8米／秒，沿岸地面風速常達45米／秒，最大風速可達75米／秒以上，是世界上風力最強和最多風的地區。絕大部分地區降水量不足250毫米，僅大陸邊緣地區可達500毫米左右。全洲年平均降水量為55毫米，大陸內部年降水量僅30毫米左右，極點附近幾乎無降水，空氣非常乾燥，有「白色荒漠」之稱.
季節與晝夜：南極洲每年分寒、暖兩季，4?0月是寒季，11棿文?月是暖季。在極點附近寒季為連續黑夜，這時在南極圈附近常出現光彩奪目的極光；暖季則相反，為連續白晝，太陽總是傾斜照射。
南磁極與難達之極：南磁極即地磁的南極，1985年南磁極的位置約為東經139° 24′，南緯65°36′。「難達之極」是約以南緯82°和東經55°- 60°為中心的高地，由於地勢高峻，成為大陸冰川外流的一大分冰線，是難於接近或到達的地區。
【自然資源】
礦物 南極洲蘊藏的礦物有220餘種。主要有煤、石油、天然氣、鉑、鈾、鐵、錳、銅、鎳、鈷、鉻、鉛、錫、鋅、金、銅、鋁、銻、石墨、銀、金剛石等。主要分布在東南極洲、南極半島和沿海島嶼地區。如維多利亞地有大面積煤田，南部有金、銀和石墨礦，整個西部大陸架的石油、天然氣均很豐富，查爾斯王子山發現巨大鐵礦帶，喬治五世海岸蘊藏有錫、鉛、銻、鉬、鋅、銅等，南極半島中央部分有錳和銅礦，沿海的阿斯普蘭島有鎳、鈷、鉻等礦，桑威奇島和埃里伯斯火山儲有硫磺。
生物：南極洲植物稀少，僅有苔蘚、藻類、地衣和幾種顯花植物。海水中或陸地邊緣的常見動物有海豹、海獅和海豚，鳥類有企鵝、信天翁、海鷗、海燕等；海洋中盛產鯨類，有藍鯨、鯡鯨和駝背鯨等，是世界上產鯨最多的地區。南極周圍海洋中還盛產磷蝦，估計年捕獲量可達1?.5億噸，可供人類對水產品的需求。
水資源：南極洲是個巨大的天然「冷庫」，是世界上淡水的重要儲藏地。
2. 用英語介紹一下北美洲。不要太長
Sumo (相撲) is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. It is generally considered to be a gendai budō (a modern Japanese martial art), though this definition is incorrect as the sport has a history spanning many centuries. Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt purification, from the days when sumo was used in the Shinto （日本
）religion. Life as a rikishi（日語發音，
的意思） is highly regimented, with rules laid down by the Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal "sumo training stables" known in Japanese as heya where all aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated by strict tradition.
回答完畢 謝謝採納
北美洲抄又叫做北亞美利加洲，襲位於西半球北部.是世界上第二發達的大洲，其中美國經濟位居世界前列，在全球經濟和政治上有重要影響力
North America also known as north American, California, is located in the northern hemisphere. Is the second developed continents in the world, including the us economy is now among the world's highest, have important influence in the global economy and politics.
4. 用英語介紹美洲要有中文
Water to the Andes in South America as a watershed: Most of the source of the river west of urgent short-flow, flow into the Pacific Ocean alone; the east of the river most of a long history and numerous tributaries, water-rich, broad valley, a tributary of the Amazon more than 1000 km There are more than 20 so
5. 介紹北美洲的英語小作文80字
North and South America are generally accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographers Martin Waldseemü and Matthias Ringmann.Vespucci,who explored South America between 1497 and 1502,was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies,but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans.In 1507,Waldseemüller proced a world map,in which he placed the word "America" on the continent of South America,in the middle of what is today Brazil.
Northern America is used to refer to the northern countries and territories of North America:Canada,the United States,Greenland,Bermuda,and St.Pierre and Miquelon.They are often considered distinct from the southern portion of the Americas,which largely comprise Latin America.The term Middle America is sometimes used to collectively refer to Mexico,the nations of Central America,and the Caribbean.
6. 請用英語介紹下美國
American Profile
name : United States of America (The United States of America). Area : 9372614 square kilometers (local area). Population : 270.3 million (end of 1998). Which whites accounted for 83.4%, 12.4% for blacks, Asians accounted for 3.3%. Languages : English, Spanish (minorities) Religion : 57% of residents believe in the Christian Protestant, 28% profess Catholicism and practice Judaism 2%. Professing other religions accounted for 4% and is not part of any denomination or 9%. (1989) Capital : Washington, DC (Washington D.C.). population of about 607,000 (1990), of which 65.8% are black. North America is located in the southern United States, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, north of Canada, Mexico and South on the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout from east to west can be divided into five geographical regions : Southeast coastal plain-Atlantic coastal plain and Mexico coastal plain in two parts. In this zone elevation 200 meters, the majority from the alluvial river from, especially the Mississippi Delta, the world's largest delta, oil black soil, the soil is fertile. Near the mouth of some wetlands. Located in the geographical area of the Florida peninsula is the largest U.S. on the peninsula. American English is the official language. But because of geographical barrier, the passage of time, the United States and Britain language has created a great difference,
Americans usually speech slower, more gentle tone, the tone of the whole sentence, the accent is different. In his speech, the Americans do not comply with the syntax too, such as the preposition used to treat omitted, or the use of verbs into nouns, so that the whole sentence is concise, casually. Furthermore, in some usage, the phrase or even pose with the word with the English spelling, This evolution of the United States has a unique American English. In addition, some regional and ethnic also use other languages, such as French, Spanish, Indians used Amerindian language. From the countries of migrants and their descendants are more use of the national language, which the United States formed a block different language areas.
7. 用英語介紹一下北美洲。
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States in December 1992, and came into effect on January 1st, 1994. The NAFTA is precedent-setting in that it establishes a free trade area among developed and developing countries.
The agreement seeks to promote free trade in goods and services and increase investment not only by eliminating tariff protection and recing non-tariff barriers, but also by introcing GATT plus trade and investment-related disciplines. The NAFTA builds on the bilateral Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) which came into effect on January, 1989. Major advances in the NAFTA over the CUSFTA include the substantially expanded coverage of government procurement (to services and construction), intellectual property and investor's rights (introcing binding investor-state arbitration), as well as more stringent rules of origin.
Two side agreements signed in 1993 address cooperation on labor (NAALC) and the environment. These side agreements will allow the imposition of fines and trade sanctions to enforce national standards under certain circumstances.
8. 南美洲，北美洲的英文簡介！急求！！！！！
South America (Spanish: América del Sur or Sudamérica; Portuguese: América do Sul; Dutch: Zuid-Amerika; French: Amérique Sud) is the southern continent of America,[2][3] situated in the Western and Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.
America was named in 1507 by cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the newly discovered lands were not India, but a New World unknown to Europeans.
South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,090,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).
Agriculture and animal domestication
The prehistoric Cueva de las Manos, or Cave of Hands, in ArgentinaSouth America is thought to have been first inhabited by people crossing the Bering Land Bridge (now the Bering Strait) from the territory that is present-day Russia. Some archaeological finds do not fit this theory and have led to an alternative theory of Pre-Siberian American Aborigines. The first evidence for the existence of agricultural practices in South America dates back to about 6500 BC, when potatoes, chillies and beans began to be cultivated for food in the highlands of the Amazon Basin. Pottery evidence further suggests that manioc, which remains a staple food today, was being cultivated as early as 2000 BC.[4]
By 2000 BC, many agrarian village communities had been settled throughout the Andes and the surrounding religious regions. Fishing became a widespread practice along the coast, helping establish fish as a primary source of food. Irrigation systems were also developed at this time, which aided in the rise of an agrarian society.[4]
South American cultures began domesticating llamas, vicuñas, guanacos, and alpacas in the highlands of the Andes circa 3500 BC. Besides their use as sources of meat and wool, these animals were used for transportation of goods.[4]
[edit] Pre-Colombian civilizations
The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.The rise of plant growing and the subsequent appearance of permanent human settlements allowed for the multiple and overlapping beginnings of civilizations in South America.
The earliest known settlements, and culture in South America and America altogether, are the Valdivia on the Southwest coast of Ecuador.
One of the earliest known South American civilizations was at Norte Chico, on the central Peruvian coast. Though a pre-ceramic culture, the monumental architecture of Norte Chico is contemporaneous with the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Norte Chico governing class established a trade network and developed agriculture then followed by Chaví by 900 BC, according to some estimates and archaeological finds. Artifacts were found at a site called Chavín de Huantar in modern Peru at an elevation of 3,177 meters. Chavín civilization spanned 900 BC to 300 BC.
In the central coast of Peru, around the beginning of the I millenum, Moche (100 BC – 700 AD, at the northern coast of Peru), Paracas and Nazca (400 BC – 800 AD, Peru) cultures flourished with centralized states with permanent militia improving agriculture through irrigation and new styles of ceramic art. At the Altiplano, Tiahuanaco or Tiwanaku (100 BC – 1200 AD, Bolivia) managed a large commercial network based on religion. Around 7th century, both Tiahuanaco and Wari or Huari Empire (600 – 1200, Central and northern Peru) expanded its influence to all the Andean region, imposing the Huari urbanism and tiahuanaco religious iconography.
The Muisca were the main indigenous civilization in what is now modern Colombia. They established a confederation of many clans, or cacicazgos, that had a free trade network among themselves. They were goldsmiths and farmers.
Other important Pre-Columbian cultures include: ; the Cañaris (in south central Ecuador), Chimu Empire (1300–1470, Peruvian northern coast), Chachapoyas, and the Aymaran kingdoms (1000–1450, Bolivia and southern Peru).
Holding their capital at the great city of Cusco, the Inca civilization dominated the Andes region from 1438 to 1533. Known as Tawantin suyu, and "the land of the four regions," in Quechua, the Inca civilization was highly distinct and developed. Inca rule extended to nearly a hundred linguistic or ethnic communities, some 9 to 14 million people connected by a 25,000 kilometer road system. Cities were built with precise, unmatched stonework, constructed over many levels of mountain terrain. Terrace farming was a useful form of agriculture.
North American" redirects here. For other uses, see North American (disambiguation).
North America
Area 24,709,000 km2 (9,540,000 sq mi)
Population 528,720,588 (July 2008 est.)
Pop. density 22.9/km2 (59.3/sq mi) [1]
Demonym North American, American[2]
Countries 23 (List of countries)
Dependencies see List of North American countries
Languages English, Spanish, French, and many others
Time Zones UTC-10 to UTC
Largest cities List of cities[3]
North America (Spanish: América del Norte or Norteamérica; French: Amérique Nord) is the northern continent of the Americas,[4] situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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North America
Area 24,709,000 km2 (9,540,000 sq mi)
Population 528,720,588 (July 2008 est.)
Pop. density 22.9/km2 (59.3/sq mi) [1]
Demonym North American, American[2]
Countries 23 (List of countries)
Dependencies see List of North American countries
Languages English, Spanish, French, and many others
Time Zones UTC-10 to UTC
Largest cities List of cities[3]
North America (Spanish: América del Norte or Norteamérica; French: Amérique Nord) is the northern continent of the Americas,[4] situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Paleohistory
2.2 Prehistory
2.3 History
3 Geography and extent
3.1 Physical geography
3.2 Human geography
4 Countries and territories
4.1 Historical toponymy
5 Communications
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Etymology
The Americas are generally accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann. Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans. In 1507, Waldseemüller proced a world map, in which he placed the word "America" on the continent of South America, in the middle of what is today Brazil. He explained the rationale for the name in the accompanying book Cosmographiae Introctio,
ab Americo inventore ... quasi Americi terram sive Americam (from Americus the discoverer ... as if it were the land of Americus, thus America).[5]
For Waldseemüller, no one should object to the naming of the land after its discoverer. He used the Latinized version of Vespucci's name (Americus Vespucius), but in its feminine form "America", following the examples of "Europa" and "Asia".
Later, when other mapmakers added North America, they extended the original name to it as well: in 1538, Gerard Mercator used the name America to all of the Western Hemisphere on his world map.[6]
Some argue that the convention is to use the surname for naming discoveries except in the case of royalty and so a derivation from "Amerigo Vespucci" could be problematic.[7] Ricardo Palma (1949) proposed a derivation from the "Amerrique" mountains of Central America—Vespucci was the first to discover South America and the Amerrique mountains of Central America, which connected his discoveries to those of Christopher Columbus.
Alfred E. Hudd proposed a theory in 1908 that the continents are named after a Welsh merchant named Richard Amerike from Bristol, who is believed to have financed John Cabot's voyage of discovery from England to Newfoundland in 1497. A minutely explored belief that has been advanced is that America was named for a Spanish sailor bearing the ancient Visigothic name of 'Amairick'. Another is that the name is rooted in a Native American language.[6]
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9. 南美洲英文簡介
南美洲英文簡介：
South America is the abbreviation for South America, which is located in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
It faces the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the north.
The North and North America are bounded by the Panama Canal, and the South and Antarctica are across the Drake Strait.
South America is the fourth largest continent on land with a land area of 17.84 million square kilometers.
The Andes are almost throughout western South America and have the highest mountain in the Americas, the Aconcagua Mountains.
The eastern part of the Andes is the vast Amazonian basin, covering more than 7 million square kilometers, most of which are tropical rainforests.
Brazil is the largest and most powerful country in South America.
翻譯：
南美洲（South America）是南亞美利加洲的簡稱，位於西半球、南半球。東臨大西洋，西臨太平洋，北臨加勒比海。北部和北美洲以巴拿馬運河為界，南部和南極洲隔德雷克海峽相望。
南美洲是陸地面積第四大的大洲，陸地面積1784萬平方千米。安第斯山脈幾乎縱貫整個南美洲西部，擁有美洲最高的山峰——阿空加瓜山。安第斯山脈東部就是面積廣大的亞馬孫河盆地，佔地超過700萬平方千米，大部分地區都是熱帶雨林。
巴西是南美洲面積最大也是實力最強的國家。
(9)怎麼用英語介紹美洲擴展閱讀：
1822年7月下旬，南美獨立戰爭的兩雄玻利瓦爾和聖馬丁終於在瓜亞基爾港會面了。聖馬丁隱退，完成全部解放秘魯的任務落到玻利瓦爾肩上。1823年9月，玻利瓦爾率領的委內瑞拉和哥倫比亞軍6000人進入秘魯境內。
他們同阿根廷和智利軍4000人聯合起來，於1824年8月6日在胡寧平原一舉擊潰敵人。同年12月9日，在阿亞庫巧展開了「一次最終保證了西屬南美洲獨立的會戰」。玻利瓦爾的戰友蘇克雷以少勝多，1825年秘魯獲得解放。為了紀念玻利瓦爾，改名玻利維亞。
1815年後，墨西哥的局勢保持了相對的平靜，但人數不等的游擊隊一直活躍在各地，「土地和自由」的口號仍然在人們的心中。1820年西班牙發生革命，墨西哥政局出現了生機。掌握兵權的伊都德將軍乘機出來活動，提出「宗教、聯合和獨立」的口號，在1821年宣布了墨西哥的獨立。
在墨西哥的革命影響下，中美洲其他一些地區紛紛宣布獨立，並在1823年成立「中美聯合省」。1822年，巴西脫離葡萄牙而獨立。
1826年1月23日，西班牙國旗在秘魯的卡亞俄港黯然下降。300多年的黑暗統治結束了，西屬美洲大陸殖民地取得獨立，在歷史上揭開了新的一頁。
10. 一篇英文作文介紹北美洲，
North and South America are generally accepted as having been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci by the German cartographers Martin Waldseemü and Matthias Ringmann. Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans. In 1507, Waldseemüller proced a world map, in which he placed the word "America" on the continent of South America, in the middle of what is today Brazil.
Northern America is used to refer to the northern countries and territories of North America: Canada, the United States, Greenland, Bermuda, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. They are often considered distinct from the southern portion of the Americas, which largely comprise Latin America. The term Middle America is sometimes used to collectively refer to Mexico, the nations of Central America, and the Caribbean.