New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-09
THE NAME " AMERICA"
ITS NOBLE ORIGIN AND APPROPRIATE sIoN1.
To the Edffor OF The Tribune.

To the EDITOR Of The tribune.
Sir: In yesterdays Tribune you say that az 'ne
fourbunddth anniversary of the discovery OF Column
bus Their, ought TO be room for protest against NV
wrong which was done him by calling fhe cou"''y
after another name and you quote from Mt 'n'i.o
Godfrey Leland some lines in which he appil'S NV
epithet charlatan and liar to Amerlgo Vespucc lno
writer submits that .hls is not the language 10 US
toward great historical character; It lacks the eio
ments of Justice dignity and good taste. Ihey lisH
with equal truth and justice be applied 10 Coiun'u
himself had the continent received his nahe' loi
is historical fact that the New World was ulsoo'.
500 years before him by Lef the son OF ETC INC NJ
and IL there IS be any protest In the mater % ""
f. would be we'll 10 have IL made In behaii Oh "o o
and daring Icelander whose glorious acheVemc" ""'
Surrounded in the gloom Of an icy cline for centuries
to be restored to life. 20 be repeated by Columbus III
spired doubtless thereto by the traditions OF
world which he Earned in Iceland on his voyage ~
that country. -, -, HE
Amerro Vcspuccl had no part in the bestowai Oh i,'
name ON the new world. II was the act OF oou'
of learned men Columbus always believed uia' w
country he had discovered was part OF ASA o" w
discerning and comprehensive MIND Oh '0'P"Ns
Thought differently he believed II 10 DO SoP 49,,
continent His written description of che country 10
people climate and productions, convinced 'h0 "''0
men of Europe that his views were correct
nevr continent came from Matthias Ringman' inc Po'
and the professors Of the College of St. DE- III
among the Vosges Mountains, in corner Vi i"-o
They mt forth a little work In 1917, ehtiucu
mocrapblae Introductis" in which Il was Suse
thai the southern Continent should be caiiou
after a man. as Europe ard Asia had Deeh hdi"
women In course Of time the name came " 20 ~
ulied 10 both continents. 1t wOuIu DC inpo' "a
ada 70 the glory of Columbus, even If the Ola WIN
he
I MIGHT odd 70 the glory Of Left 10 rechrlstoh MI
America after him. priority of discovery oer'din,y
rosts With him. Columbus never viSl'ed us H''D
land. -. 10 named
since fhe country as a whole could not 90 naiiio1
ottor both If Them VIVA: appropriate name tna"
America could have been selected! surrey oio
PIE oil tnc tSev are mostly of the Teutonc rae
Engl,sb scandinavian and Germanc, ulo ,o,, m at
rar 81 tho world they should rejoice 10 Know tbeir
RAJ VI = TationaI name that fifty expresses mn
n"ca condition 1t is their boast INA, eac1 ac
every man is born Sanss for it was the name Of
Gothic King in the fourth century DAoH lcnfbici
or id or rniversaI ruer-the f0rename oil tns
,lia Vaenucci was also a corruption OF name VI
King Of tie oths in the fourth century ny ;orvn,ca Rr
HSrobSr author NJ. A. Lowe. Patrohy nho -
tanncaS saws From the personal name mnrro
or Amercns. equivalent to me 1,SNo Of the great
Latlnized Americas. whence tho hAi0 u ~
And Lastly Websters Unabridged pictonary aos
En6orT 1Powcrfni rich. Lat, Almericus IT,
1be 9rSt man of The name in England was oarn
who fought under william the Conqueror az haI ILL.,
HIS name stands recorded on the roll Oh d ,bat NJ
&c D'Hmry I'm both lists, that OF stowe ana tn' ~ ~
HolI,rgsworth. spelt IN English as prOhouhccu III
No better. no more glorious name than that Wncn
srnlnes Rich powerful. most exacd ana tho neonIe
90 tbis country Mr. Charles Godfrey Leland, ana AZ
tho rest Of tho poetastcrs to The T9 rn
standing, 40 Mo- Nc 'iN4' ~