Still Further Antedating of "Latin America"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Aug 23 10:45:31 UTC 2010


Latin America (OED 1890)

1858 _N.Y. Herald_ 4 Dec. (19th Century U.S. Newspapers)  It is at the same time the supreme appeal of Latin America to our sympathies.


Fred Shapiro

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