42 relations: Abya Yala, Alfred Hudd, Amalric, Americas, Amerigo Vespucci, Amerrisque Mountains, Antiquarian, BBC, Brazil, Bristol, Cartography, Christopher Columbus, Cosmographiae Introductio, Emmerich (name), Enrico, Exploration, Gerardus Mercator, Henry (given name), Henry VII of England, High Sheriff of Bristol, Investor, Italianization, John Cabot, Jules Marcou, Latin, Martin Waldseemüller, Matthew (ship), Matthias Ringmann, Medieval Latin, Navigator, Nicaragua, Old High German, Proto-Germanic language, Richard Amerike, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Sheriff, The Carolinas, United States, Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Waldseemüller map, West Indies.
Abya Yala
Abya Yala, which in the Kuna language means "land in its full maturity" or "land of vital blood", is the name used by the Native American nation Kuna people, that used to inhabit near the Darién Gap (today North West Colombia and South East Panama) to refer to the American continent since before the Columbus arrival.
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Alfred Hudd
Alfred Edmund Hudd (1846 – 7 October 1920) was a native of Clifton, Bristol, England.
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Amalric
Amalric or Amalaric (also Americ, Almerich, Emeric, Emerick and other variations) is a personal name derived from the tribal name Amal (referring to the Gothic Amali) and ric (Gothic reiks) meaning "ruler, prince".
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Americas
The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer.
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Amerrisque Mountains
The Amerrisque Mountains (Serranías de Amerrisque, Cordillera de Amerrisque) are the central spine of Nicaragua and part of the Central American Range which extends throughout central Nicaragua for about 700 km (436 mi) from Honduras in the NW to Costa Rica in the SW, just a few miles from the Caribbean.
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Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary (from the Latin: antiquarius, meaning pertaining to ancient times) is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Bristol
Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.
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Cartography
Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.
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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
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Cosmographiae Introductio
Cosmographiae Introductio ("Introduction to Cosmography"; Saint-Dié, 1507) was a book published in 1507 to accompany Martin Waldseemüller's printed globe and wall-map (Universalis Cosmographia), which were the first appearance of the name 'America'.
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Emmerich (name)
Emmerich is both a surname and a given name.
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Enrico
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from Heinrich of Germanic origin.
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Exploration
Exploration is the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources.
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Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a 16th-century German-Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer.
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Henry (given name)
Henry is an English male given name and surname derived from Old French Henri/Henry, itself derived from the Old Frankish name Heimeric/Ermerijc, from Common Germanic *Hainariks (from haim- "home" and rik "ruler"), In Old High German, the name was conflated with the name Haginrich (from hagin "enclosure" and rich "ruler") to form Heinrich.
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Henry VII of England
Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.
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High Sheriff of Bristol
This is a list of Civic Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of the County and City of Bristol, England.
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Investor
An investor is a person that allocates capital with the expectation of a future financial return.
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Italianization
Italianization (Italianizzazione; talijanizacija; poitaljančevanje; Italianisierung; Ιταλοποίηση) is the spread of Italian culture, people, or language, either by integration or assimilation.
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John Cabot
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England was the first European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
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Jules Marcou
Jules Marcou (April 20, 1824 – April 17, 1898) was a French, Swiss and American geologist.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Martin Waldseemüller
Martin Waldseemüller (Latinized as Martinus Ilacomylus, Ilacomilus or Hylacomylus; c. 1470 – 16 March 1520) was a German cartographer.
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Matthew (ship)
The Matthew is a replica of a caravel sailed by John Cabot in 1497 from Bristol to North America, presumably Newfoundland. After a voyage which had got no further than Iceland, Cabot left again with only one vessel, the Matthew, a small ship (50 tons), but fast and able.
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Matthias Ringmann
Matthias Ringmann (also known as Philesius Vogesigena or Ringmannus Philesius; 1482–1511) was an Alsatian German cartographer and humanist poet.
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Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange, as the liturgical language of Chalcedonian Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church, and as a language of science, literature, law, and administration.
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Navigator
A navigator is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Old High German
Old High German (OHG, Althochdeutsch, German abbr. Ahd.) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 700 to 1050.
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Proto-Germanic language
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; German: Urgermanisch; also called Common Germanic, German: Gemeingermanisch) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Richard Amerike
Richard ap Meryk, anglicised to Richard Amerike (or Ameryk) (1440–1503) was an Anglo-Welsh merchant, royal customs officer and, at the end of his life, sheriff of Bristol.
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Saint Emeric of Hungary
Saint Emeric (Szent Imre herceg) also Henricus, Emery, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.
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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (Sankt Didel), commonly referred to as Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
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Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.
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The Carolinas
The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus
In 1492, a Spanish-based transatlantic maritime expedition led by Christopher Columbus encountered the Americas, a continent which was largely unknown in Europe and outside the Old World political and economic system.
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Waldseemüller map
The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507.
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West Indies
The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_the_Americas