Amerike
Historic concerns that the worlds onlysuperpower could have so easily been called Vespucciland are eased by this newvolume, which argues persuasively that the USAand all the Americas werenamed not after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci as conventional wisdom wouldhave it but rather, a wealthy 15th century Bristol trader and customs official calledRichard Amerike.
Historic concerns that the worlds onlysuperpower could have so easily been called Vespucciland are eased by this newvolume, which argues persuasively that the USAand all the Americas werenamed not after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci as conventional wisdom wouldhave it but rather, a wealthy 15th century Bristol trader and customs official calledRichard Amerike.
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