Where did the American Continents get their names?

Ronn_Bman · 03-09-2002, 05:31 PM

Another interesting tidbit from Chase's Calendar of Events

VESPUCCI, AMERIGO: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Mar 9, 1451

Italian navigator, merchant and explorer for whom the Americas were named. Born at Florence, Italy. He participated in at least two expeditions between 1499 and 1502 which took him to the coast of South America, where he discovered the Amazon and Plata rivers. Vespucci's expeditions were of great importance because he believed that he had discovered a new continent, not just a new route to the Orient. Neither Vespucci nor his exploits achieved the fame of Columbus, but the New World was to be named for Amerigo Vespucci by an obscure German geographer and mapmaker, Martin Waldseemuller. Ironically, in his work as an outfitter of ships, Vespucci had been personally acquainted with Christopher Columbus. Vespucci died at Seville, Spain, Feb 22, 1512.

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Moiraine · 03-09-2002, 06:14 PM

I knew that ! [img]smile.gif[/img] I think he landed on an island very near America but a bit east, and thought he was on the mainland !

Now, if the guy had been named Zebulon, you would be Zebulonians now ... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ... or maybe Zebulonicans ?

Ronn_Bman · 03-09-2002, 06:20 PM

The German cartographer could have named the continents the Vespuccia's!

Lord of Alcohol · 03-09-2002, 06:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Moiraine:
I knew that ! [img]smile.gif[/img] I think he landed on an island very near America but a bit east, and thought he was on the mainland !

Now, if the guy had been named Zebulon, you would be Zebulonians now ... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ... or maybe Zebulonicans ?

Theres a mountain overlooking Colorado Springs Colorado named after Zebulon though....Zebulon Pike-Pikes Peak! And he wasnt the first to see it obviously, and he never climbed it either! So why did they name the mountain after him? I ummm forget actually but oh well

03-10-2002, 12:07 AM

Very Good RonnBman!
Now, can you tell us where the music for the "Star Spangled Banner" came from?

Sazerac · 03-10-2002, 12:13 AM

If I remember rightly, Moni, the music for the S.S.B. was swiped by Francis Scott Key from an English drinking song that was popular in the late 18th century. (I guess to hit all those notes, one would have had to be drunk!)

Cheers,

03-10-2002, 12:25 AM

yeppers LOL

Ares · 03-10-2002, 01:16 AM

I seem to remember from my American Studies class that some sort of patriotic song came from the siege on a fort in Southern America during the Revolutionary War...can remember the name of the song (maybe SSB?) or the fort, but some soldier or writer wrote the song using the beat from an English song...confused yet? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

Attalus · 03-10-2002, 08:38 AM

The song that Francis Scott Key used for the music was "To Anacreon in Heaven," a popular drinking song of the day, as Sazerac says.

Ronn_Bman · 03-10-2002, 09:06 AM

The scary thing is most people can hardly sing the Star Spangled Banner sober. I'd hate to hear a drunken crowd trying to hit those notes in the drinking song...lol.

03-09-2002, 05:31 PM	#1
Ronn_Bman Zartan Join Date: March 11, 2001 Location: North Carolina USA Age: 57 Posts: 5,177	Another interesting tidbit from Chase's Calendar of Events VESPUCCI, AMERIGO: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY Mar 9, 1451 Italian navigator, merchant and explorer for whom the Americas were named. Born at Florence, Italy. He participated in at least two expeditions between 1499 and 1502 which took him to the coast of South America, where he discovered the Amazon and Plata rivers. Vespucci's expeditions were of great importance because he believed that he had discovered a new continent, not just a new route to the Orient. Neither Vespucci nor his exploits achieved the fame of Columbus, but the New World was to be named for Amerigo Vespucci by an obscure German geographer and mapmaker, Martin Waldseemuller. Ironically, in his work as an outfitter of ships, Vespucci had been personally acquainted with Christopher Columbus. Vespucci died at Seville, Spain, Feb 22, 1512. [ 03-09-2002: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ] __________________ [img]\"http://home.carolina.rr.com/orthanc/pics/Spinning%20Hammer%20Sig%20Pic.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

03-09-2002, 06:14 PM	#2
Moiraine Anubis Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Up in the Freedomland Alps Age: 59 Posts: 2,474	I knew that ! [img]smile.gif[/img] I think he landed on an island very near America but a bit east, and thought he was on the mainland ! Now, if the guy had been named Zebulon, you would be Zebulonians now ... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ... or maybe Zebulonicans ? __________________ [img]\"http://grumble.free.fr/img/romuald.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /><br />The missing link between ape and man is us.

03-09-2002, 06:20 PM	#3
Ronn_Bman Zartan Join Date: March 11, 2001 Location: North Carolina USA Age: 57 Posts: 5,177	The German cartographer could have named the continents the Vespuccia's! __________________ [img]\"http://home.carolina.rr.com/orthanc/pics/Spinning%20Hammer%20Sig%20Pic.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

03-09-2002, 06:39 PM	#4
Lord of Alcohol Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC Age: 60 Posts: 4,570	quote: Originally posted by Moiraine: I knew that ! [img]smile.gif[/img] I think he landed on an island very near America but a bit east, and thought he was on the mainland ! Now, if the guy had been named Zebulon, you would be Zebulonians now ... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ... or maybe Zebulonicans ? Theres a mountain overlooking Colorado Springs Colorado named after Zebulon though....Zebulon Pike-Pikes Peak! And he wasnt the first to see it obviously, and he never climbed it either! So why did they name the mountain after him? I ummm forget actually but oh well __________________ No

03-10-2002, 12:13 AM	#6
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	If I remember rightly, Moni, the music for the S.S.B. was swiped by Francis Scott Key from an English drinking song that was popular in the late 18th century. (I guess to hit all those notes, one would have had to be drunk!) Cheers, __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

03-10-2002, 12:07 AM	#5
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	Very Good RonnBman! Now, can you tell us where the music for the "Star Spangled Banner" came from?

03-10-2002, 01:16 AM	#8
Ares Avatar Join Date: October 24, 2001 Location: Manetheren Age: 37 Posts: 556	I seem to remember from my American Studies class that some sort of patriotic song came from the siege on a fort in Southern America during the Revolutionary War...can remember the name of the song (maybe SSB?) or the fort, but some soldier or writer wrote the song using the beat from an English song...confused yet? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

03-10-2002, 08:38 AM	#9
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 75 Posts: 8,167	The song that Francis Scott Key used for the music was "To Anacreon in Heaven," a popular drinking song of the day, as Sazerac says. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...

03-10-2002, 09:06 AM	#10
Ronn_Bman Zartan Join Date: March 11, 2001 Location: North Carolina USA Age: 57 Posts: 5,177	The scary thing is most people can hardly sing the Star Spangled Banner sober. I'd hate to hear a drunken crowd trying to hit those notes in the drinking song...lol. __________________ [img]\"http://home.carolina.rr.com/orthanc/pics/Spinning%20Hammer%20Sig%20Pic.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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