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**RooldpalApata** · 04-25-2007, 10:57 PM

'America' made its first appearance 500 years ago

ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 25, 2007
GENEVA –

Centuries before it became a continent or country synonymous with wealth, power, freedom or democracy, “America” was

coined by a Renaissance cartographer as the catchall designation for a world that Europeans had yet to name or

explore.

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