Europe 's map makers may have had an inkling of the americas long before columbus 's voyage in 1492 .
欧洲的制图家或许早在1492年哥伦布航海之前很久就已经对美洲有了模糊的认识。
No one knows what triggered the vomiting syndrome , but stress is often a causative factor - so even that might have been linked to the disorders darwin gained during the voyage .
A 17-year-old us mariner steered his battered sailboat into a southern california harbour on thursday to complete a gruelling 13-month voyage and become the youngest person to sail around the world alone .
On the anniversary of the voyage , the rijksmuseum in amsterdam has lent vermeer 's " the milkmaid " to new york 's metropolitan museum of art , inspiring a modest show of paintings by vermeer and other dutch masters from the museum 's collection .
Researchers from the university of maryland school of medicine believe darwin suffered from three different illnesses , including a chagas infection contracted on a voyage to the andes in south america , the wall street journal reported earlier this month .