[lit-ideas] Re: Amerigan
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:54:32 -0400
Neato. Thanks. According to this, however, Martin Waldseemuller named it.
Hrmmmmm....
Erin
TO
Quoting Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx:
>
> In a message dated 7/17/2004 4:17:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Did Columbus discover America? I thought he invented it.
> Erin
> TO
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>
> Actually, he just named it. Who invented it was "Amerigo Vespucci", and the
>
> correct spelling should therefore be "Ameriga" (cf. "Amerigan")
>
> _Vespucci Challenges Columbus_
>
(http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/americanhistorycentral/03ageofexploration/Vespuc
ci_Chall.html)
>
> ... In 1507,. he drew a map that included the new continent Amerigo Vespucci
>
> had discovered.
> Waldseemuller named the new continent "America" after "Ameriga" Vespucci ...
>
> www.watertown.k12.ma.us/americanhistorycentral/
> 03ageofexploration/Vespucci_Chall.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> J. L.
>
>
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