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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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