You're half remembering the naming story. It was a German cartographer who supposedly named the Americas after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. I can't remember the cartographer's name (and I'm too lazy to Google it.)
FWIW, another aspect of the Amerigo Vespucci controversy is that IIRC he's credited with being the first of those explorers to get to North America in something like 1490 or so. He made other trips after that as well. The thing is, when he was old and dying he denied that he ever actually made that first trip. -Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > Just a point of Clarification...I don't believe Amerigo Vespucci was an > explore and I don't believe every visited the "New World" as they called > back then...If my memory serves me, he was a Cartographer that > named the new > land as he liked on his maps.. and they stuck. > > But, I maybe wrong. > Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > America, to me a US citizen, does not mean the country "The Unites > States of America" > > It means the continents that contain the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, > Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and the rest. > > It was named for Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Explorer who first came > here in the 1400s, long before the first English Settlers showed up, and > long before the formation of the United States of America. > > That name came from the idea that the 13 colonies would be come 13 > countries, but would operate together on foreign issues, Even through > the civil war many people considered the state that country, and the USA > just a body that handled other issues. > > I am an American, Canadians are Americans, Brazilians are Americans > > Sorry for the rant, just had to get that off my chest. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:15 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > > South America is part of the America's not America per say. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:06 PM > > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > > > > > Last time I checked South America is part of America ;) > > > > > > Canada is on the continent of North America. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:56 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Did the Chinese discover America? > > > > > > > > Damn CF has ruined my brain.. I used to know my exploration > history... > > > > > > > > Columbus didn't actually discover america. the islands he found > are > > > part > > > > of > > > > south america.. and the vikings.. I believe they landed up near > Nova > > > > Scotia > > > > and Canada, not in America. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
