article on the name "America"

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:47 AM -0400 7/14/10, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>"How America got its name: The surprising story
>of an obscure scholar, an adventurer's letter,
>and a pun" by Toby Lester, Boston Globe July 4,
>2010:
>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/04/where_america_really_came_from/?page=full
>
>Stephen
>
Thanks.  Very neat stuff; I'm convinced.  (Great
interactive version of the Waldseemüller map at
Lester's website too.)  Viva Ringmann!

LH

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