How America got its name?

Loomer

Albeit the Nostradamus reference floating around about the WTC is been proven to be a mishmash of things he actually wrote. There is an interesting link to the "City of God" reference and the origin of the naming of America which is considered by many acedemics to be false even though it is apparently taught in American schools. This also brings to light the widely accepted notion that Columbus was far from the first European to discover the American continent.

I'll begin with the widely believed origin of America's namesake.
Amerigo Vespucci was a navigator on Spanish/Portugese ships that travelled to the "newly" discovered continents around the time of Columbus and wrote many letters detailing the continents and the indigenous inhabitants that became best-sellers in his native Europe.
Around the time that the printing press was taking off a German monk was working on a contemporary map based on Ptolemy's geography. Called "Carta Mariana" he gave the new continents the name America based on what he thought to be a latinised version of Amerigo Vespucci. Many maps were produced and distributed across Europe. He later changed the name to "Terra Incognita" (Unknown Land). But it was too late, the famous Gerard Mercator had published his map with the names North and South America for the repective continents.

This link supports this story:
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa050498.htm?terms=amerigo

Another story, more credible is that an Italian mariner, John Cabot thought it possible to reach the spices in the East by sailing westwards. He moved to England in search of Patronage where he met a group of wealthy businessmen who agreed to sponsor his mission of discovery. One of the main contributors was an Anglicised Welshman by the name of Richard Amerike. "...it is probable that...Amerike sought reward for his patronage by asking that any new-found lands should be named after him."

For the full story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/naming_01.shtml

But the one that interests me and links to the "City of God" reference is a link to the naming of America and its discovery far earlier than Columbus or Cabot, is the Freemasonry and Knights Templar link.
The main Templar Chapel in Scotland, Rosslyn Chapel, contains accurate representations in the interior decorations of New World plants. As this Chapel was constructed well before Columbus sailed it supports the theory that not long after the Templars arrival in Scotland fleets sailed to and from America in serch of the land under the star "Merica" that is mentioned in the Nasorean scrolls as a holy land. It is believed that they sailed as early as 1308 and this is supported by a 14th Century(1300-1400) knight carved on a rock in Westford, Massachusetts.

Good info here:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8291/don10.html

America has many links with the Freemasons who are believed to have originated from the Knights Templar. The dollar bill had a picture of a pyramid with a benben stone on top (a triangle with an eye at the top of a pyramid). All members that signed the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons.

A really good book on this if your interested is:

"The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus"
by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas


Long but interesting

Loomer

A penny for your thoughts or is just too damn long ?

androphobic

Really interesting post, Loomer. I'd only ever heard of the Amerigo Vespucci theory...

Victor

Originally posted by androphobic
Really interesting post, Loomer. I'd only ever heard of the Amerigo Vespucci theory...

Same here.

Mr.Applepie

Your post has made me think. Although i did hear a different quote of nostrodamus(f*cking annoying name) that was closer related to the attack the point about the freemasons is quite intersting as I've never heard that one before

DadaKopf

What the hell is the 'City of God' reference in there for?

Loomer

Originally posted by DadaKopf
What the hell is the 'City of God' reference in there for?

I admit it is disjointed but no more so than any supposed Nostradamus quatrain. merely a link to an interesting story. The Nasorean proported this land across the shores under the star of Merica has being most holy, hence the City if God. In fairness though I think I should completely avoided any link whatsoever with WTC.