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To: CondoleezzaProtege

And Vespuchi enslaved the indigenous people, so we have to change the name of our country and the names of North and South America.


10 posted on 11/07/2021 1:00:35 PM PST by ALASKA (RESIST)
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To: ALASKA

Who came up with India Nova (”New India”?)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg

I want to say I’ve seen “Nova India” also.

I don’t think 1570 is the earliest use of that term.


15 posted on 11/07/2021 4:06:18 PM PST by scrabblehack
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