Robert Remini
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 19 Sep
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He was certain that Cuba was a part of the mainland of Asia, for the Indians kept saying Cubanaquan.
Columbus thought that this was their way of pronouncing Cublican, the name of a mighty eastern ruler.
So, he sent two messengers with a letter to that powerful monarch.
returning to spain columbus was welcomed as a great admiral he made three other voyages to america but he never came within sight of the mainland of the united states seven john cabot fourteen ninety seven
While Columbus explored the West Indies, another Italian sailed across the Sea of Darkness farther north.
His name was John Cabot, and he sailed with a license from Henry VII of England, the first of the Tudor kings.
Setting boldly forth from Bristol, England, he crossed the North Atlantic and reached the coast of America, north of Nova Scotia.
Like Columbus, he thought that he had found the country of the Great Khan.
Upon his discovery, English kings based their claim to the right to colonize North America.
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The Naming of America
Many other explorers also visited the newfound lands.
Among these was an Italian named Americus Vespucci.
Precisely where he went is not clear, but it is clear that he wrote accounts of his voyages, which were printed and read by many persons.
In these accounts, he said that what we call South America was not a part of Asia, so he named it the New World.
Columbus all the time was declaring that the lands he found were a part of Asia.
It was natural, therefore.
that people in thinking of the New World should think of America's Vespucci.
Before long, someone even suggested that the New World should be named America, in his honor.
This was done, and when it became certain that the other lands were not parts of Asia, the name America was given to them also, until the whole continent came to be called America.
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