• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    23 days ago

    Funnily, all uses of “America” for the whole continent (including the north) are misinterpretations of the original map drawn by Mr Waldseemüller, who invented the name “America” in the first and used it for Brazil.

    On the same map some designation for the northern part of the continent can also be found, stating that it was a province discovered by the command of the king of Castille:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Waldseemuller_map_2.jpg

    So, the only logical step will be to name North-America as “New Castille” from now on, to correct for the screw-up of the post-Waldseemüller map-reading-noobs.

    • huppakee@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      I used to do this for almost my entire life. The orange todler made clean up my act and say US and people of the US instead of America and Americans.