--- patrick leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and > 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)
Way to go, Mr. Leader! Supposedly St. Brendan crossed the Atlantic before the Vikings. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
