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Origin of the Name America: Historical Insights

all right y'all so where did America truly get his name from did it come from Amerigo Vespucci or did it come from somewhere else let's read some history and let you decide so we're reading out of the book called works of 1888 through 1902 by Thomas Lambert All Right watch this it says finding that they had published the Spanish voyages as Voyages of Vespucci they take the leaves containing the editor's name out of their book and as the Spanish government had certified in 1505 that pinzon had discovered they omit the name of pinzon's Discovery on their map of 1508 which name they had found before them in the map which they were copying written tamarika rich and they give it the erroneous name of Rika you see that so Rika stands for Rich that's why Puerto Rican meaning Rich Port of riches that's what Puerto Rican means so anytime you see Lika ariq is referring to riches all right but watch this it says thus we have seen that the Latin professor of the College of the Venetian Captain General edits both editions of Columbus's voyages which were published under the names of Albert vespusius and America's vesputious the second edition having been made out of Albert's Venetian edition of Columbus's penzone's voyages from which the Venetian Edition the first Leaf is also missing you see that so Albert was his real name Amerigo Vespucci's name really was Albert albertigo it was not a marigold until after 1505 that's when his name became Amerigo but prior to that his name was Albert I better go it was not Amerigo Vespucci all right but watch this let's read on it says in conclusion we agree with arago as to the value of manuscript evidence constant experience shows that it would be in judicious to invite new and unauthenticated manuscript evidence to bear on any important historical Point such as the origin of the name of America the existing evidence points out incontestably that the native name Ida Maraca or land of Morocco was the origin of the attempt in 1504 to create the impression that Vespucci had discovered it and that it thus bore his name in order to lead up to their proposition in 1507 to name the new world after him you see that so in 1504 they tried to name it either Morocco or land of Morocco that's what they tried to do to try to make it seem like Amerigo Vespucci discovered America they tried to name it Ida Morocco or land of Morocco in 1504 it says the cause of said proposition being the Sid native name the origin of the name of America is consequently indigenous you see that it is indigenous the name is indigenous it does not come from Amerigo Vespucci it is an indigenous name so now let's find out exactly where that name came from it says we make the following Corrections in parentheses of Errors found on a cursory glance he states that the name America comes from that of a mountain A Tribe Called America's siamba was in Nicaragua like Jamaica means High great Vespucci was a Nicaragua in 1497 an erroneous account and was called mardigo Marigold meaning like a more a colored man you see that so they're saying even Amerigo Vespucci was a colored man a black European that's what he was it says America or America Americas is a Spanish Corruption of America known in 1872 error for Americus y'all see that so America is named after a black tribe a black tribe they were called the Americas tribes all right and from these Emirates tribes imma go into a second uh teaching it is so y'all can see what these other tribes broke off from these Emery sketch tribes all right but watch this it says emerica or hamaraka native Corruption of Ida Maraca or America America ban Etc America Pawn Etc the adoption of a friend's name was the native's greatest proof of friendship it says the natives told Columbus of The Amity goldmans I have never heard the name of the place where the gold came from Columbus repeats the name varagua 14 times but never America's a name unknown before 1872 nor does any early map indicate a mountain at the place he returned to viragua finding less gold elsewhere built a fort planted its first colony which had Darien as its later capital on account of its riches and B Columbus whose brother's grandson was the first Duke of varagua got permission in 1505 to work its Minds it says the name America began to appear on maps in 1509 and no one returned to Nicaragua where the name Americus is only known since 1872 until 1524 to hear of that name if it then existed these researchers appeared first in Frances m maku in France and first in America says here in America he adds that the nicaraguans who say that the name is Americas and not America say that not only is the name emmeric with esses between the I and Q that is paper on the name America treated for four Centuries by Leading historians took Everyone by surprise which is generally a disagreeable sensation so the name of America came from the emery sketch tribe they're the people who were America got its name from it was a black tribe imma go into more detail about this tribe too so y'all can see the description of these people and where they come from this is one of the oldest tribes in the Americas and you're gonna find out that some of the other tribes in Brazil South America and Central America broke off from this Amity sketch tribe and we gonna get into it and we're gonna break this history all the way down peace [Applause]