Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1361file-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1361imageTIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoFWIW, this gives a somewhat different origin, although says it is derived from the local name. https://www.etymonline.com/word/Cuba
FWIW, this gives a somewhat different origin, although says it is derived from the local name.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/Cuba