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Vilco[_1_]
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Paying tribute to Columbus
James Silverton wrote:
> According to Chamber's Dictionary, America is named for him,
> not that Vespucci bum!
It seems that's just one of the less widespread hipothesys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#Naming
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