Comments on: Book Review: ‘Amerigo,’ The Story Of Undeserved Acclaim For A True Scoundrel

By: runasim

runasim — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:03:48 +0000

Great post, Shaun.

I'm more educated for having read it.

By: jwest

jwest — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:45:28 +0000

Shaun,

Wonderful and informative article.

As I read through the piece, I expected to see at least one reference to “Vespucci (R – Florence) lied, cannibals died”.

By: Book Review: ‘Amerigo,’ The Story Of Undeserved Acclaim For A True … - The Moderate Voice

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:33:54 +0000

[...] Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHas there ever been a more unlikely story of how a major piece of real estate got its name, and undeservedly so, than that of America and Amerigo Vespucci ? Absolutely not. America is so named because in 1507 Martin Waldseemüller , a German … [...]