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PART I DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

1. Saga of a Wineland Baby BY HAUK ERLENDSSON (ABOUT 1000)

2. Throngs of Children to see Columbus BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1492)

3. A Father dressed in Silk BY TWO ITALIAN GENTLEMEN (1497)

4. The Name America BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)

5. How to find an Ocean BY ANTONIO HERRERA (1513)

6. A Room Full of Gold BY FRANCISCO XERES (1533)

7. Buried in the Mississippi BY A PORTUGUESE GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS (1542)

8. Esquimaux Foot-ball BY RICHARD HAKLUYT (ABOUT 1590)

PART II ON THE SEA

PART III IN THE WILDERNESS

PART IV BIG INDIANS AND LITTLE INDIANS

PART V HOW THE COLONIES GREW

PART VI LITTLE FOLKS

PART VII COLONIAL SCHOOLS

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4. The Name America[25]
BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)

AND the fourth part of the world having been discovered by Americus, it may be called Amerige; that is, the land of Americus or America.

Now truly, since these regions are more widely explored, and another fourth part is discovered by Americus Vesputius, as may be learned from the following letters, I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named Amerige, that is, Americ's Land, after Americus the discoverer, who is a man of sagacious mind; or call it America, since both Europa and Asia derived their names from women.

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The first man to suggest the name of America was a German schoolmaster whose name means "Miller of the Wood Pond." Really Americus Vespucius discovered very little, and does not deserve to have the continents named for him.

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4. The Name America[25] BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)

4. The Name America[25]
BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)