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Geological Conference. Papers: Remarks on a Copy of the German Edition of Vespucci's Third Voyage, printed in Nuremburg by Wolfganug Huerber in 1505. Mr. J. B. Woodworth.- Some Recent Observations in Norway. Mr. R. L. Barrett. Geologcal Laboratory, Room...
...Marcou, who will be instructor in French next year, is a son of Professor Marcou of Cambridge, who supports the theory that America is named not for Amerigo Vespucci but after a Central American tribe...
...Massachusetts Historical Association, at recent meetings of the Historical Society. At the former of these meetings, Mr. Winsor spoke on the subject of the discovery and naming of America. He described the exploration of each portion of the coast-line of the two contemns, discussed the claims of Vespucci to being the first discoverer of the main land, and told how the name of the Italian was gradually adopted as the designation of the New World. The lecture was illustrated by facsimiles of original manuscripts and maps from the Harvard library collection. At the second meeting, the subject...