Comments by "bart thomassen thomassen" (@thomassenbart) on "Venezuela To Annex 70% Guyana's Territory?" video.
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@TonioVarado-p6s No, that is not the origin of the word America. It derives from Amerigo Vespucci, do some research on the fellow, he was not an explorer but a map maker.
No, the Germans did not map the New World, where did you get that idea from?
The original Americans came post Columbus. People who lived in the lands we now call N. and S. America, were hundreds of 'Indian' tribes and civilizations who did not use anything approaching America(n) as a common name. None of these peoples had any idea of the geography of the lands in which they lived. They were all illiterate (except the Mayans who had a limited literary tradition) and largely innumerate as well (the Aztec, Maya and Inca did have mathematical & astronomic knowledge). Cartography and map making were unknown to them as well.
The Hawaiians were not a united people and only became so because of an alliance between the Europeans and Kamehameha, who used their ships and weapons to conquer the islands.
If you are born on a land, you are by definition a native of the land. All land is conquered land and there is no concept of native outside of being born on the land.
Further, all the folk living in the Americas and Islands, prior to Columbus, were extremely warlike peoples, who used cannibalism and ritual torture as part of their war making, as well as mass human sacrifices very often. It seems you have highly romanticized view of these nations, tribes and civilizations.
There was no history in these lands before the Europeans arrived. You can't have much history without writing. The best you can achieve is oral history, which is by nature fraught with problems. Also, assuming you know the 'real' story, is incredibly naive, if you are relying on such stories.
European history making is based upon concepts of objective storytelling, (Herodotus and Thucydides) which originated with the Greeks and has had a powerful influence on the study of history ever since. Such histories are based upon original sources of writing, getting as much information as possible from as many sources and sides as possible, anthropology, coins, art, language knowledge and etymology, DNA, metallurgy, archeology etc... The information you shared lacks all of this and won't be found in any legitimate high school history class, because it is not history, but propaganda.
I encourage you to do real objective study in these areas and divorce yourself from the emotions which seem to drive your analysis.
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@TonioVarado-p6s No, you are wrong and need to cite your sources if you want to rewrite history. Your thinking is strange as well since you allege the name was changed due to difficulties pronouncing Tupac Amuru. This name is not difficult for Europeans to pronounce in fact and since we all know the history of this last king of the Inca, and that it was recorded by his enemies, is evidence of that. Also, huge swaths of the USA and the Americas retain their native place names so again you thinking is nonsensical.
Amerigo Vespucci, né le 9 mars 1454 dans la république de Florence, et mort le 22 février 1512 à Séville (royaume de Castille), est un commerçant, navigateur et explorateur florentin, dont le prénom a servi en 1507 pour baptiser le nouveau monde (American 1).
Entre 1497 et 1504, il participe à quatre voyages de l'âge des grandes découvertes, à la suite de ceux de Christophe Colomb (qui a entreprit son premier voyage en 1492), les deux premiers au nom de l'Espagne (1499-1500), et deux autres pour le Portugal (1501-1502).
C'est selon lui en 1501, lors de son expédition portugaise, qui atteint le Brésil, qu'il a été compris que ce territoire fait partie d'un autre continent que l'Asie, où Colomb pensait avoir accosté. En 1503 est publié sous son nom un livre, Mundus Novus, le premier à évoquer le Nouveau Monde, qui, en 1507, reçoit en son honneur le nom d'« Amérique » (America), sur le planisphère publié par le cartographe Martin Waldseemüller. D'autres cartographes lui emboîtent le pas et, en 1532, le nom d'« Amérique » est définitivement apposé sur le continent nouvellement découvert.
Le livre de 1503 et un deuxième paru en 1505 contiennent des descriptions colorées de ses explorations et d'autres voyages présumés. Ils deviennent vite populaires et se diffusent largement en Europe. Bien que certains historiens contestent la paternité et la véracité de ces ouvrages, ils contribuent à l'époque à faire connaître les découvertes récentes et à établir la renommée d'Amerigo Vespucci en tant qu'explorateur et navigateur.
En 1505, il est naturalisé sujet de la Couronne de Castille par décret royal et en 1508, il est nommé au poste nouvellement créé de navigateur en chef de la Casa de Contratación (maison du commerce) de Séville, un poste qu'il occupe jusqu'à sa mort en 1512.
Túpac Amaru (14 April 1545 – 24 September 1572) (first name also spelled Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the Neo-Inca State.[1]: 11
His name is derived from the Quechua words thupaq, meaning "royal" or "shining" and amaru, which can either mean "snake" or refer to the snake-like being from Andean mythology.[2]
What evidence do you have for your position? If you look above, it is obvious that the terminal dates of Tupac v. Vespucci don't line up with your assertion. In 1503, published in a book under the name of New World, which was the first to use the term New World and in 1507, in his honor, received the name America on the Waldseemuller world map, who is the German you likely were referring to. Tupac is not even born at this time, so your logic just does not follow.
Toby Lester, "The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World," Two obscure 16th-century German scholars named the American continent and changed the way people thought about the world, Smithsonian Magazine, December 2009.
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