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Archive Home > 2008 > February > 28 > The map that gave America its name

The map that gave America its name

By Frank Greve / The Bulletin
February 28, 2008

WASHINGTON — Five centuries ago, a maker of woodblock-print maps who lived in a small French cathedral town chiseled out the letter “A” in an area of the map that’s now Argentina.

“M” was his next letter, followed by E-R-I-C-A.

Martin....

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