Like, literally less than 5 minutes of research is needed to confirm this.
Are there seriously people in the US who see all of those literal Spanish names on a map and don't think, "Hmm, I wonder why that is?" or don't just implicitly know that..??
I mean, come on... :-/
Here's one that will blow even more minds: New Orleans is named after Orléans in France. Because it was a French settlement, initially.
"No way!", some might say...
Well, sorry to tell ya (not you, Miners. You're good.), but maybe the history of your continent is a little more complicated (and I would argue interesting) than some may have thought...
not a concern troll, imo, hes correcting bad geography. we used to have book learnins in this country, ya know?
That I am, that I am.
God it's weird arguing this point with people...
Like, literally less than 5 minutes of research is needed to confirm this.
Are there seriously people in the US who see all of those literal Spanish names on a map and don't think, "Hmm, I wonder why that is?" or don't just implicitly know that..??
I mean, come on... :-/
Here's one that will blow even more minds: New Orleans is named after Orléans in France. Because it was a French settlement, initially.
"No way!", some might say...
Well, sorry to tell ya (not you, Miners. You're good.), but maybe the history of your continent is a little more complicated (and I would argue interesting) than some may have thought...