怎么用英语介绍美洲
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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
【概况】
名称 南极洲。是人类最后到达的大陆，也叫“第七大陆。”
位置：位于地球最南端，土地几乎都在南极圈内，四周濒太平洋、印度洋和大西洋。是世界上地理纬度最高的一个洲。
面积：总面积约1 400万平方千米，约占世界陆地总面积的9.4％。
范围：由围绕南极的大陆、陆缘冰和岛屿组成，其中大陆面积1 239.3万平方千米，陆缘冰面积158.2万平方千米，岛屿面积7.6万平方千米。
地理分区：南极洲分东南极洲和西南极洲两部分。东南极洲从西经30°向东延伸到东经170°，包括科茨地、毛德皇后地、恩德比地、威尔克斯地、乔治五世海岸、维多利亚地、南极高原和极点。面积1 018万平方千米。西南极洲位于西经50°-160°之间，包括南极半岛、亚历山大岛、埃尔斯沃思地以及伯德地（玛丽．伯德地）等，面积229万平方千米。
居民：南极洲仅有一些来自其它大陆的科学考查人员和捕鲸队，无定居居民。
简史：1738?739年，法国人布韦航海时发现了南极附近的一个岛屿（今布韦岛）。1772?775年，英国人库克到达南极附近的南设得兰群岛。1820?821年，美国人帕尔默、沙俄人别林斯高晋和拉扎列夫、英国人布兰斯菲尔德先后发现了南极大陆。1838?842年，英国人罗斯、法国人迪尔维尔、美国人威尔克斯等先后考察了南极大陆。1911年12月阿蒙森等四名挪威人首次到达南极极点。1928-1929年，美国人作了几次南极飞行考察，并建立了“小亚美利加基地”。
【南极考察】
国际活动 1959年12月，由12个国家签订了《南极条约》。其主要内容是：南极洲仅用于和平目的，保证在南极地区进行科学考察的自由，促进科学考察中的国际合作，禁止在南极地区进行一切具有军事性质的活动及核爆炸和处理放射废物，冻结对南极的领土要求等。目前，世界上许多国家都加入了《南极条约》。
我国与南极：1984年11月20日，我国派出591人组成的南极考察队，乘“向阳红10号”考察船首次赴南极建站与考察。1985年2月中国南极长城站在乔治王岛菲尔德斯半岛南端落成，地理坐标为南纬62°12′59〃,西经58°57′52〃，距北京17501.9千米。1988年11月20日-1989年4月10日中国东南极考察队在南极大陆拉斯曼丘陵上建立了中国南极中山站，中山站地理坐标为南纬69°22′24〃,东经76°22′24〃，距北京12553.2千米，距南极点2903千米
【自然环境】
海岸线 南极洲大陆海岸线长约24 700千米。
边缘海与岛屿 南极洲边缘海有属于南太平洋的别林斯高晋海、罗斯海、阿蒙森海和属于南大西洋的威德尔海等。主要岛屿有奥克兰群岛、布韦岛、南设得兰群岛、南奥克尼群岛、阿德莱德岛、亚历山大岛、彼得一世岛、南乔治亚岛、爱德华王子群岛、南桑威奇群岛。 地形 横贯南极的山脉将南极大陆分为两部分。东南极洲，面积较大，为一古老的地盾和准平原，横贯南极山脉绵延于地盾的边缘；西南极洲面积较小，为一褶皱带，由山地、高原和盆地组成。东西两部分之间有一沉陷地带，从罗斯海一直延伸到威德尔海。南极洲大陆平均海拔2 350米，是地球上最高的洲。最高点伯德地（玛丽·伯德地）的文森山海拔5 140米。大陆几乎全部被冰雪所覆盖，冰层平均厚度有1 880米，最厚达4 000米以上。大陆周围的海洋上有许多高大的冰障和冰山。全洲仅2％的土地无长年冰雪覆盖，被称为南极冰原的“绿洲”，是动植物主要生息之地。“绿洲”上有高峰、悬崖、湖泊和火山。罗斯岛上的埃里伯斯火山是著名的活火山。
气候：南极洲的气候特点是酷寒、风大和干燥。全洲年平均气温为－25℃，内陆高原平均气温为－56℃左右，极端最低气温曾达－89.2℃，为世界最冷的陆地。全洲平均风速17?8米／秒，沿岸地面风速常达45米／秒，最大风速可达75米／秒以上，是世界上风力最强和最多风的地区。绝大部分地区降水量不足250毫米，仅大陆边缘地区可达500毫米左右。全洲年平均降水量为55毫米，大陆内部年降水量仅30毫米左右，极点附近几乎无降水，空气非常干燥，有“白色荒漠”之称.
季节与昼夜：南极洲每年分寒、暖两季，4?0月是寒季，11棿文?月是暖季。在极点附近寒季为连续黑夜，这时在南极圈附近常出现光彩夺目的极光；暖季则相反，为连续白昼，太阳总是倾斜照射。
南磁极与难达之极：南磁极即地磁的南极，1985年南磁极的位置约为东经139° 24′，南纬65°36′。“难达之极”是约以南纬82°和东经55°- 60°为中心的高地，由于地势高峻，成为大陆冰川外流的一大分冰线，是难于接近或到达的地区。
【自然资源】
矿物 南极洲蕴藏的矿物有220余种。主要有煤、石油、天然气、铂、铀、铁、锰、铜、镍、钴、铬、铅、锡、锌、金、铜、铝、锑、石墨、银、金刚石等。主要分布在东南极洲、南极半岛和沿海岛屿地区。如维多利亚地有大面积煤田，南部有金、银和石墨矿，整个西部大陆架的石油、天然气均很丰富，查尔斯王子山发现巨大铁矿带，乔治五世海岸蕴藏有锡、铅、锑、钼、锌、铜等，南极半岛中央部分有锰和铜矿，沿海的阿斯普兰岛有镍、钴、铬等矿，桑威奇岛和埃里伯斯火山储有硫磺。
生物：南极洲植物稀少，仅有苔藓、藻类、地衣和几种显花植物。海水中或陆地边缘的常见动物有海豹、海狮和海豚，鸟类有企鹅、信天翁、海鸥、海燕等；海洋中盛产鲸类，有蓝鲸、鲱鲸和驼背鲸等，是世界上产鲸最多的地区。南极周围海洋中还盛产磷虾，估计年捕获量可达1?.5亿吨，可供人类对水产品的需求。
水资源：南极洲是个巨大的天然“冷库”，是世界上淡水的重要储藏地。
2. 用英语介绍一下北美洲。不要太长
Sumo (相扑) 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（日语发音，
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.
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北美洲抄又叫做北亚美利加洲，袭位于西半球北部.是世界上第二发达的大洲，其中美国经济位居世界前列，在全球经济和政治上有重要影响力
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. 用英语介绍美洲要有中文
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. 介绍北美洲的英语小作文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. 请用英语介绍下美国
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. 用英语介绍一下北美洲。
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，北美洲的英文简介！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. 南美洲英文简介
南美洲英文简介：
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.
翻译：
南美洲（South America）是南亚美利加洲的简称，位于西半球、南半球。东临大西洋，西临太平洋，北临加勒比海。北部和北美洲以巴拿马运河为界，南部和南极洲隔德雷克海峡相望。
南美洲是陆地面积第四大的大洲，陆地面积1784万平方千米。安第斯山脉几乎纵贯整个南美洲西部，拥有美洲最高的山峰——阿空加瓜山。安第斯山脉东部就是面积广大的亚马孙河盆地，占地超过700万平方千米，大部分地区都是热带雨林。
巴西是南美洲面积最大也是实力最强的国家。
(9)怎么用英语介绍美洲扩展阅读：
1822年7月下旬，南美独立战争的两雄玻利瓦尔和圣马丁终于在瓜亚基尔港会面了。圣马丁隐退，完成全部解放秘鲁的任务落到玻利瓦尔肩上。1823年9月，玻利瓦尔率领的委内瑞拉和哥伦比亚军6000人进入秘鲁境内。
他们同阿根廷和智利军4000人联合起来，于1824年8月6日在胡宁平原一举击溃敌人。同年12月9日，在阿亚库巧展开了“一次最终保证了西属南美洲独立的会战”。玻利瓦尔的战友苏克雷以少胜多，1825年秘鲁获得解放。为了纪念玻利瓦尔，改名玻利维亚。
1815年后，墨西哥的局势保持了相对的平静，但人数不等的游击队一直活跃在各地，“土地和自由”的口号仍然在人们的心中。1820年西班牙发生革命，墨西哥政局出现了生机。掌握兵权的伊都德将军乘机出来活动，提出“宗教、联合和独立”的口号，在1821年宣布了墨西哥的独立。
在墨西哥的革命影响下，中美洲其他一些地区纷纷宣布独立，并在1823年成立“中美联合省”。1822年，巴西脱离葡萄牙而独立。
1826年1月23日，西班牙国旗在秘鲁的卡亚俄港黯然下降。300多年的黑暗统治结束了，西属美洲大陆殖民地取得独立，在历史上揭开了新的一页。
10. 一篇英文作文介绍北美洲，
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.