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what is behind the names of our continents

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Nygdan

posted on Sep, 5 2005 @ 11:42 PM
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Originally posted by Grey
North and South America are named after Amerigo Vespucci. In fact, North and South America could have easily been named North and South Vespuccia.

Or Columbia, from Columbus. True, he didn't hit the mainland, but he's why there is a District of Columbia, lots of cities called Columbia, and a nation called Columbia.



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