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美国文学史及作品选读 刘红岭Lecture 1 American Literature of Early Period Part One The Literature of Colonial America Ⅰ.Historical Introduction At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the vast continental area that was to become the United States had been explored only slightly by English and the European explorers. Colonial America 1480 Columbus Reaches the America 1500 “America” first used 1520 Magelian Circles The Globe 1540 Cabrillo Explores California Coast 1560 Spain Founds Colony in Florida 1580 English Navy Defeats Armada The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American n