Ever wonder why America is called
America - even though it was discovered by
Christopher Columbus? Well, that's because it was actually named after
Amerigo Vespucci - the man who made the first map of the continent! And what made Amerigo so special?... perhaps I'll let this 20 sec
Family guy video clip explain.
Of course the continent should be called brendania or even new Ireland as it wasn't columbus but an irish monk called St Bredndan that was the first european to journey to the new world... 900 years before columbus. http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/irish-monk-america.htm
ReplyDelete... and technically Columbus failed in his mission of finding a new route to the Indies...
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