and that >is how the assumption that america was *america* must have begun. >otherwise,
hey wally, it's so great that you're back and posting. i think you did accidentally make a misstatement about americo (i've always seen it spelled amerigo) vespucci. his own voyages may have only been to south america, but the name "america" does come from his name, because he was the navigator on columbus' first voyage, which landed in the caribbean and provided the first widespread knowledge in europe of the american continents. (the vikings kept it a secret) patrick
