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Skittles

(171,717 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:04 AM Jan 2025

my English brother sent me this map

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my English brother sent me this map (Original Post) Skittles Jan 2025 OP

Omg 😹 Meowmee Jan 2025 #1

Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was born in Florence, Italy, into a wealthy family of merchants and notaries. elleng Jan 2025 #2

"God bless Vespucciland." progressoid Jan 2025 #6

Rockefeller...Nixon... Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Jan 2025 #7

I'm shocked that drumpf didn't suggest the Gulf of Trump biophile Jan 2025 #3

heh Skittles Jan 2025 #4

Loveit malaise Jan 2025 #5

I don't read English, only 'merican!!!!! DemMedic Jan 2025 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Jan 2025 #9

It's spelled "Amurika". roamer65 Jan 2025 #10

courtesy of Trump's "gubmint" Skittles Jan 2025 #12

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)

1. Omg 😹

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:10 AM

Jan 2025

Awful but it made me laugh… america soon is my fave and after that camerica but shouldn’t it be canamerica?

elleng

(141,926 posts)

2. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was born in Florence, Italy, into a wealthy family of merchants and notaries.

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:12 AM

Jan 2025

He was educated in a world of trade and maritime culture, and developed interests in astronomy, math, navigation, and foreign languages.

Vespucci was the son of Nastagio, a notary. As a boy Vespucci was given a humanistic education by his uncle Giorgio Antonio. In 1479 he accompanied another relation, sent by the famous Italian Medici family to be their spokesman to the king of France.

Amerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator

Amerigo Vespucci (born 1454?, Florence, Italy—died 1512, Sevilla, Spain) was a merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499–1500 and 1501–02) and occupied the influential post of piloto mayor (“master navigator”) in Sevilla (1508–12). The name for the Americas is derived from his given name.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amerigo-Vespucci

progressoid

(53,179 posts)

6. "God bless Vespucciland."

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:48 AM

Jan 2025

Fans of Firesign Theater may recall that song.

Kid Berwyn

(24,399 posts)

11. Rockefeller...Nixon...

Reply to progressoid (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jan 2025

Choo choo!!!

Response to elleng (Reply #2)

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biophile

(1,424 posts)

3. I'm shocked that drumpf didn't suggest the Gulf of Trump

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:57 AM

Jan 2025

Skittles

(171,717 posts)

4. heh

Reply to biophile (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 06:53 AM

Jan 2025

yeah, I snickered at this but then I sighed and thought, we're becoming a fucking joke

I remember as an American kid in England being so proud we landed on the moon - now it just feels like Trump is defiling my country on a daily basis, UGH.