Columbus(ProperNoun) A male given name from Latin. Etymology: From Latin columbus (“a dove”) . The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer.

noun. a day, October 12, observed as a holiday in various states of the U.S. in honor of the discovery of the New World by Columbus and his landing in the West Indies on October 12, 1492: observed in some states as the second Monday in October.

noun. Christopher Sp. Cristóbal Colón; It.

nounItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

Christopher Columbus

Half a millennium before Columbus “discovered” America, those Viking feet may have been the first European ones to ever have touched North American soil. Exploration was a family business for the expedition’s leader, Leif Eriksson (variations of his last name include Erickson, Ericson, Erikson, Ericsson and Eiriksson).

His 2003 book, entitled “1421: The Year China Discovered America” (William Morrow/HarperCollins), laid out extensive but widely disputed evidence that Zheng He sailed to the east coast of today’s United States in 1421 and may have left settlements in South America. Mr. Menzies has welcomed Mr.

There were some reasons: For China, their interests of each Empires were not about taking seriously of oversea discovery. Ironically, China during at height of their naval supremacy, especially under Muslim Zheng He, had even sailed to Middle East and Horn of Africa per.

There is no tangible evidence that Chinese explorers (or traders or any other Chinese for that matter) did land in Australia before the European exploration of the continent began.

Terra Australis

Australia in the 1850s In the early 1850s, many Chinese immigrants came to Australia as indentured labourers working as shepherds, rural labourers, cooks and gardeners. Between 1854 and 1855, about 31,000 Chinese people arrived on the Australian goldfields.

On arrival in Australia, the Chinese labourers were assigned numerous jobs that helped to open up the growing settlement. Jobs included clearing the bush, digging wells and irrigation ditches, and working as shepherds on the new properties. Many new immigrants also started market gardens.

The Australian public started eating at Chinese restaurants from the 1930s, or brought saucepans from home for takeaway meals. Chicken chow mein, chop suey and sweet and sour pork were the mainstays.

It was the increasing demand for cheap labour after convict transportation ceased in the 1840s that led to much larger numbers of Chinese men arriving as indentured labourers, to work as shepherds for private landowners and the Australian Agricultural Company.

Australia’s biggest landholder is Gina Rinehart, controlling 9.2m hectares

Other countries China has made loans to Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Tajikistan, and Mongolia, and to build a national highway in Montenegro, as part of the BRI. It has also made US$19 billion worth of loans to Pakistan as part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other projects.

Breaking Down Ownership of US Debt China owns about $1.1 trillion in U.S. debt, or a bit more than the amount Japan owns. The Chinese yuan, like the currencies of many nations, is tied to the U.S. dollar.