On Nov 18, 6:03 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On 18 Nov 2007 17:50:43 -0500, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

Sure he did but what has that to do with North America? You are aware
that he never went near the place in his life? Specifically not in
1492, although he did make it to South America sometime around 1500,
but by then everybody and his dog was going there.

Cuba is pretty near North America. Near enough to scare Kennedy anyway.
--scott

Close, but no cigar (like the pun?). The first discovery was in 1497
by John Cabot. He named the place after his sponsor, Richard Americ.

d

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Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

I can't say anything about your cowboy argument, but there's a good
chance you're wrong about the "Richard Americ" thing.
I was taught that the Americas were named after the Italian
cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#Naming

-Nathan