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	aflegg	2007-11-30 , 13:55
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens

Interestingly, the "guy who discovered America after Columbus", was Amerigo Vespucci. And guess who got a continent named after him?

A Welsh guy - *not* Amerigo Vespucci. As pointed out on QI, if it was named after Amerigo Vespucci, it'd probably be called Vespuccia or similar.

Places are named after surnames (unless you're a king), it's actually more likely that America is named after Richard Amerik:

http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wale...ml#americaname
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content.../amerike.shtml
http://www.blurtit.com/q613801.html

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