>1500年前后，葡萄牙、西班牙在发现新航路 方面首先取得了成功，整个世界也随即变成 了一个整体。从此，海洋由障碍变成了工具， 中国封闭的地理环境被西方人从海洋这一侧 打开了。 >In around the year 1500 Portuguese and Spanish explorers discovered the passage around the Cape of Good Hope and thus changed forever the way the world was viewed.From then on the ocean became a tool rather than an obstacle and China s geography no longer cut her off from the outside world1500年前后，葡萄牙、西班牙在发现新航路 方面首先取得了成功，整个世界也随即变成 了一个整体。从此，海洋由障碍变成了工具， 中国封闭的地理环境被西方人从海洋这一侧 打开了。  In around the year 1500 Portuguese and Spanish explorers discovered the passage around the Cape of Good Hope and thus changed forever the way the world was viewed. From then on the ocean became a tool rather than an obstacle and China’s geography no longer cut her off from the outside world