> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:31 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>Richard Americk
>>Had a whole continent named after him, America!
>>He was wholly Welsh , surname Ap Meurig. In 1491 He was working as the
>>senior customs official in Bristol and regularly sent supplies to
>>ships in the fishing grounds off Newfoundland. In 1497 he authorised
>>John Cabot to search for the new land. It was his mane that appeared
>>at the top of the maps: hence Americaland

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> However, none of these maps with the name Americaland on them seem to
> have survived. The Waldseemüller map has survived, however, and stands
> as the only hard evidence.
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> http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0309/maps.html
> The map has been referred to in various circles as America's birth
> certificate and for good reason; it is the first document on which the
> name "America" appears. ...

>On Jan 17, 2:19 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:31 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>Richard Americk
>>>Had a whole continent named...

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:31:13 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>On Jan 17, 2:19 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:31 -0800 (PST), chazwin

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>>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>Richard Americk
>>>>Had a whole continent named after him, America!
>>>>He was wholly Welsh , surname Ap Meurig. In 1491 He was working as the
>>>>senior customs official in Bristol and regularly sent supplies to
>>>>ships in the fishing grounds off Newfoundland. In 1497 he authorised
>>>>John Cabot to search for the new land. It was his mane that appeared
>>>>at the top of the maps: hence Americaland

> ...

>On Jan 21, 9:11 pm, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:31:13 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>On Jan 17, 2:19 am, Malrassic Park...

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:19:16 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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>>On Jan 21, 9:11 pm, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:31:13 -0800 (PST), chazwin

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>>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>On Jan 17, 2:19 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:31 -0800 (PST), chazwin

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>>>>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>>>Richard Americk
>>>>>>Had a whole continent named after him, America!
>>>>>>He was wholly Welsh , surname Ap Meurig. In 1491 He was working as the
>>>>>>senior customs official in Bristol and regularly sent supplies to ...

>On Jan 22, 1:55 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:19:16 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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>> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>On Jan 21, 9:11 pm, Malrassic Park...

>On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:26:22 -0800 (PST), chazwin
>yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>On Jan 22, 1:55 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:49:58 -0700, Malrassic Park
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> hotmail.com> wrote:

>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:26:22 -0800 (PST), chazwin
>>yahoo.com> wrote:

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>>>On Jan 22, 1:55 am, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Anyway, it occurs to me to mention that Cabot thought he had landed in
> Asia, so the naming of the new continents went to the explorer who
> decided he had discovered a whole new terra incognita, and that is to
> Vespucci's credit.

>On Jan 22, 5:05 pm, Malrassic Park hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:49:58 -0700, Malrassic Park
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>> hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:26:22 -0800 (PST)...