Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Daily linguistic tidbit: etymology of 'America' Message-ID: <1139@utastro.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 11:38:41 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.1139 Posted: Thu Mar 21 11:38:41 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Mar-85 03:23:16 EST References: <518@ptsfa.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 15 > But what is rarely mentioned is the origin of the first > name of this Italian navigator who explored the North American coast > after Columbus. > > Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California > {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!rob I was taught in school, long ago, that Vespucci never left Italy, and drew his maps entirely from written descriptions by later navigators who did. Is this correct or not? -- Ed Nather Astronony Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather