Reply With QuoteSo, a German gave us our name?
At least he didn't name the country after himself.
Can you imagine having to write "United States of Waldseemüller" ?
Related to the above post, from 2003:
The Map That Named America
Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World
By JOHN R. HÉBERT
In late May 2003 the Library of Congress completed the purchase of the only surviving copy of the first image of the outline of the continents of the world as we know them today— Martin Waldseemüller's monumental 1507 world map.
The map has been referred to in various circles as America's birth certificate and for good reason;
it is the first document on which the name "America" appears.
It is also the first map to depict a separate and full Western Hemisphere and the first map to represent the Pacific Ocean as a separate body of water. The purchase of the map concluded a nearly century-long effort to secure for the Library of Congress that very special cartographic document which revealed new European thinking about the world nearly 500 years ago.
More: http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0309/maps.html
So, a German gave us our name?
At least he didn't name the country after himself.
Can you imagine having to write "United States of Waldseemüller" ?
Last edited by Lt-Col A. Tack; 07-04-2012 at 07:16 PM.
BBQ was good.
So. Beautiful.Originally Posted by Token White Guy
I told my liver to get ready or to GTFO. We will see.
Not my picture but this is what is on the BBQ now.
Happy 4th everyone
Have a nice one!
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
[crowd cheers]
Stop being gay.
Merica Fvck Yeah!
So hungry for BBQ, but none is forthcoming!
And fireworks...I may not be able to see the fireworks today!
Happy 4th of July Amerikanci!
We were just riding around Main St. in Huntington Beach and within an hour I saw 3 people arrested for either open container or drunk in public. Cops everywhere, be careful and stay safe MP.net. I am going back to HB and work on not getting arrested.
I have it on good authority that store is right across the Utah border in Wyoming.
Why? You one of these guys?So hungry for BBQ, but none is forthcoming!
And fireworks...I may not be able to see the fireworks today!
happy 4th of july to all
These are must sees.
http://www.brobible.com/gear/slidesh...s-jason-heuser
No...all cars taken, and fireworks are down by the lake. By the time I'd walk there, they'd be over...though there might be the Camry still around. Ill check. Either way, no friends to go with since they all doing **** with family so it'd be less exciting anywaysWhy? You one of these guys?
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