Ian Parker wrote:

:
:Why is Los Angeles called Los Angeles and not Fu Ming or some Chinese
:name? The Spanish won the race, or rather they won a sprint finish. In
:1421 the Spanish were not leading the field.
:

If that's true, why was the New World divided by the Pope into Spanish
and Portuguese spheres of influence AND NOBODY ELSE?


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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
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