討論:美洲

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為什麼是亞美尼亞州，不是美利堅什麼的？同名的亞美尼亞共和國是前蘇聯的喲。Mickey 11:24 2004年8月25日 (UTC)mickeymousechen

那個什麼英國人亞美尼亞，原文名是什麼啊？是Richard Amerike嗎？

下面是英文WIKI的

Naming of America The earliest known use of the name America for the continents of the Americas dates from 1507. It appears on a globe and a large map created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. An accompanying book, Cosmographiae Introductio, explains that the name was derived from that of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, by first Latinizing it to 『Americus Vespucius』 and then forming the feminine 『America』. Amerigo is a form of the German name Haimirich, meaning 『ruler of the Home’, from haim (home) and rich (powerful). Christopher Columbus, who had first brought the continent’s existence to the attention of Renaissance-era voyagers, had died in 1506 and could not protest Waldseemüller’s decision.

A few alternative theories have been proposed, but none of them have any widespread acceptance. One alternative first proposed by a Bristol antiquary and naturalist, Alfred Hudd, was that America is derived from Richard Amerike, a merchant from Bristol, England who is believed to have financed John Cabot’s voyage of discovery to Newfoundland in 1497. Waldseemüller's maps appear to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. The theory holds that a variant of Amerike’s name appeared on an early British map (of which however no copies survive) and that this was the true inspiration for Waldseemüller. (See under Richard Amerike).

Another theory, first advanced by Jules Marcou in 1875 and later recounted by novelist Jan Carew, is that the name America derives from the district of Amerrique in Nicaragua. The gold-rich district of Amerrique was purportedly visited by both Vespucci and Columbus, for whom the name became synonymous with gold. According to Marcou, Vespucci later applied the name to the New World, and even changed the spelling of his own name from 『Alberigo』 to 『Amerrigo』 to reflect the importance of the discovery.

Vespucci’s role in the naming issue, like his exploratory activity, is unclear. Some sources say that he was unaware of the widespread use of his name to refer to the new landmass. Others hold that he promulgated a story that he had made a 「secret voyage」 westward and sighted land in 1491, a year before Columbus. If he did indeed make such claims, they backfired – only serving to prolong the ongoing debate on whether the 『Indies』 were really a new land, or just an extension of Asia.

外部連結已修改

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我剛剛修改了美洲中的5個外部連結，請大家仔細檢查我的編輯。如果您有疑問，或者需要讓機械人忽略某個連結甚至整個頁面，請訪問這個簡單的FAQ獲取更多信息。我進行了以下修改：

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外部連結已修改

各位維基人：

我剛剛修改了美洲中的1個外部連結，請大家仔細檢查我的編輯。如果您有疑問，或者需要讓機械人忽略某個連結甚至整個頁面，請訪問這個簡單的FAQ獲取更多信息。我進行了以下修改：

向 http://biology.usgs.gov/s%2Bt/SNT/noframe/wm146.htm 中加入存檔連結 https://web.archive.org/web/20070714142008/http://biology.usgs.gov/s%2Bt/SNT/noframe/wm146.htm

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