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70sEraVet

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7. Thanks much for the two links.

Reply to usonian (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 14, 2024, 04:35 AM

Oct 14

As for considering what name could have been applied to the New World, it well could have been 'New India' -- I believe that the native inhabitants have been called 'Indians', because Columbus believed he merely discovered a new route to Asia.

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Thanks much for the two links. 70sEraVet Oct 14 #7