tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086361673513512272.post1788630199297666939..comments2023-04-07T00:18:23.698+12:00Comments on Choice Map Tuesday: THE NAMING OF AMERICAPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07571688220250642010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086361673513512272.post-10318492976882335732012-11-06T09:53:39.896+13:002012-11-06T09:53:39.896+13:00... and technically Columbus failed in his mission...... and technically Columbus failed in his mission of finding a new route to the Indies...Howard Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14189173159587243656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7086361673513512272.post-80355409912190354632012-11-06T09:51:03.787+13:002012-11-06T09:51:03.787+13:00Of course the continent should be called brendania...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 Howard Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14189173159587243656noreply@blogger.com