How did our country get named “America?”
Most sources agree that “America” is a feminized version of Amerigo, after the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454? – 1512). But it’s unlikely Vespucci ever set foot in modern-day North America, nor did… Read More
Do you know where Patagonia is located? (And no, I don’t mean the store in Freeport, Maine.) It’s the region at the southernmost tip of South America, where modern-day Argentina and Chile are located.
The first explorer to name it… Read More