意大利著名航海家哥伦布发现新大陆后不久,在西班牙的一次欢迎会上有位贵族突然口出狂言:“发现新大陆并没什么了不起,这不过是件谁都可以办到的小事,根本不值得如此张扬。”这位贵族继续说道:“哥伦布不过就是坐着轮船往西走,再往西走,然后在海洋中遇到了一块大陆而已。我相信我们之中的任何人只要坐着轮船一直向西行,同样会有这 Shortly after the discovery of the New World by renowned Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, a noble at a welcoming meeting in Spain suddenly made a furious remark: ”It is no exaggeration to discover the New World, but it is not something that anyone can do, and it is not worth the publicity . “” The aristocrat went on to say: "Columbus, however, was just stepping west by boat, westward, and then there was a continent in the ocean, and I believe that any one of us would have to sail Westbound, the same will have this