The concept of "America" didn't yet exist, my friend. Hence, my point.
The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507...by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller...the first maps to show the Americas as a land mass separate from Asia.
53 posted on 10/12/2015 5:39:34 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republican Freed the Slaves" month.)
The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507...by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller...the first maps to show the Americas as a land mass separate from Asia.
Ah, good point. Forgot about that!
54 posted on 10/12/2015 5:41:12 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)