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APRIL 25--GAZELLE DAY

By Dwight Swanson

Today marks the first anniversary of the DailyGazelle.com production. The 41st Gazelle Day.

Other famous events on this day: Amerigo Vespucci is honoured by the naming of two continents after him. Cartographer (that is, mapmaker) Martin Waldseemueller produced a map on this day in 1507 naming the New World as 'America'. You may ask why he didn't call the great discovery Columbia, after dear old Chris. He didn't seem to think that Haiti qualified as a continent. Then, why not Vespucci? Good question. We could all be angry at the US of Vuspucci these days. Well, if not that, why not Amerigo, instead of America? Simple. The German bloke based the name on the Latin version of Amerigo, and then made it feminine--all continents are supposed to be feminine (Europa; Asia; Africa).

And here we are. All praise to the Italian! God bless Amerigo!

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