America vs. Christophica. (Geography)."United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. of Christophica" doesn't conjure con·jure v. con·jured, con·jur·ing, con·jures v.tr. 1. a. To summon (a devil or spirit) by magical or supernatural power. b. images of amber waves of grain. But the U.S.C. could exist today if a German mapmaker map·mak·er n. A person who makes maps; a cartographer. map  mak·ing n. had named the New World after Christopher Columbus instead of rival Amerigo Vespucci. The U.S. Library of Congress recently acquired from a German prince the first map with the "America" label, created in 1507. Experts say it was Columbus's own stubborn fault that the mapmaker favored Vespucci, an Italian who sailed to what is now South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. five years after Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492. Columbus went to his death in 1506 still thinking he had circled the globe to the fringe of Asia. Vespucci, on the other hand, said he had not hit Asia, but "what we may rightly call a New World." |
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