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xSp - the maps are cool, but the comments section is worth reading too!
I guess many of the names are up for debate.
Plus, they seem to be missing some countries (where's Lebanon?).
Quote from: joeactor on March 19, 2018, 11:51:02 PM
xSp - the maps are cool, but the comments section is worth reading too!
I guess many of the names are up for debate.
Plus, they seem to be missing some countries (where's Lebanon?).
So they are! :D Yeah I guess the comments section is more educational than the names on the map. :smilenod:
I noticed that Brazil's name is wrong too...it's almost correct but not quite. 'Brasil' comes from a tree called 'pau brasil', which is a tree from which the Portuguese harvested red dye, during the colonial age. There is no 'wood' in Brazil. ::)
As for the US, why isn't there mention of Amerigo Vespucci?
That is very cool.
Most interesting and fun resource Silver. How in hell do you find time to gather these little gems?
Thank you.
Wales. Land of the foreigners. How anglocentric! :rofl:
Quote from: Icarus on March 20, 2018, 11:40:48 PM
How in hell do you find time to gather these little gems?
Facebook. :grin:
Here's probably a more correct version (they got Brazil and Portugal right this time)
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