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From: lindley@ut-ngp.UUCP (John L. Templer)
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Subject: Re: Daily linguistic tidbit: etymology of 'America'
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Date: Sat, 30-Mar-85 04:55:29 EST
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Way back when I was in elementary school, I was taught that Amerigo
Vespuci was an Italian cartographer.  He was one of the very first to
draw maps of the new world, and since the continent needed a name, he
named it after himself.  The name caught on, and now Columbus is stuck
with a city in Ohio and a South American country! (:-)
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                                           John L. Templer
                                     University of Texas at Austin

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