[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "American Indian"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed May 27 11:37:12 UTC 2015


American Indian (OED 1702)

1650 Thomas Thorowgood _Iewes in America_ unpaginated (Sabin Americana)  I was so far from derogating any thing from that which you have conjectured concerning the American Indians.

Fred Shapiro

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