you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 2 years ago

There is a theory that America is named not after Amerigo Vespucci, but after Richard ap Meryk also known as Richard Amerike, who owned the ship that sent John Cabot across the Atlantic. I think it's mostly been refuted at this point, but the name has stuck with me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Amerike

  • source
  • parent