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And here I thought this was going to be about motorcycle gangs!
The article is a neat reporting of these researchers finding more evidence of what we know already. It is, still, worthwhile reading...a good reminder that history is often unveiled in small bits.
Now, as for Columbus, did you know he was a Jew who managed to finagle a way to get Isabella's help AND get out of town just in time to avoid the inquisition. It's a great story.
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LONDONER Wrote:Yes indeed, but this is yet more physical proof,
okay. i just meant the Columbus part. i hope it's an established fact for most people that he didn't discover America.
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[MENTION=23097]Insertnamehere[/MENTION], it was Amerigo Vespucci. the continent is named after him because of that.
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Americans is Vikings now? :0
I think I need a lil American history crash course, I always thought Native Indians was the first peoples in America and the Europeans just came over and mash up shop and then boom America.
Ya, we was never taught about Vikings except the dancing Troupe on other islands, which I am sure is not at all the same lol x.x
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Just let me put things straight. The headline of my original message was "New evidence of Viking life in America". I didn't say it was the first evidence. I think that most people know that the Vikings were the first Europeans to land on what is now known as America and yes, the natives of the land who first inhabited it. A theory goes that it was the Mongols or the Chinese who crossed over in to the North of the country but that a whole new subject of discussion.
As far as who the continent is named after, it was Amérigo Vespucio, an Italian naturalised Spanish. How his name is spelt varies according to which language you are speaking so some will insist on Amerigo Vespucci.
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meridannight Wrote:[MENTION=23097]Insertnamehere[/MENTION], it was Amerigo Vespucci. the continent is named after him because of that.
Yes, the later is very much known. Thank you, though, I can never remember the Italian name for Américo Vespucio.
Searching around, because I couldn't remember, indeed, he was the first to propose it was a new continent.
It's funny, because if the same stardards were applied to William Herschel, he would have to recognize any son of a gun who observed Uranus before him as the "discoverer" when the bastards didn't even know they were observing a planet! Ridiculous!
Why do people even consider Colombo for anything other than the merit of the first trip (and for a while now, it is known that's not even the case!) is beyond me.
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Insertnamehere Wrote:Yes, the later is very much known. Thank you, though, I can never remember the Italian name for Américo Vespucio.
Searching around, because I couldn't remember, indeed, he was the first to propose it was a new continent.
It's funny, because if the same stardards were applied to William Herschel, he would have to recognize any son of a gun who observed Uranus before him as the "discoverer" when the bastards didn't even know they were observing a planet! Ridiculous!
Why do people even consider Colombo for anything other than the merit of the first trip (and for a while now, it is known that's not even the case!) is beyond me.
The Italian for Amérigo Vespucio is Amérigo Vespucci.
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(Edited 04-03-2016, 07:33 PM by meridannight.)
LONDONER Wrote:The Italian for Amérigo Vespucio is Amerigo Vespucci.
i corrected it for you. the 'e' in Amerigo is not accented.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/amerigo-vespucci/
and, by the way, he was born Italian. he spent 54 years of his life as Italian national, and didn't take Spanish citizenship till the last 4 years of his life. case closed.
also, 'Vespucio' didn't discover anything. Vespucci did. and 'America' comes from the Latin form of 'Amerigo', not Spanish.
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meridannight Wrote:i corrected it for you. the 'e' in Amerigo is not accented.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/amerigo-vespucci/
and, by the way, he was born Italian. he spent 54 years of his life as Italian national, and didn't take Spanish citizenship till the last 4 years of his life. case closed.
It depends on which language you speak and I glean my info. from Wikipedia.es:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_Vespucio
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