BasileusLeoIII t1_ixhuti0 wrote
Reply to comment by Pochel in Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain by ArtOak
just like how the Spanish peninsula is called Iberia, and there's a region in the Caucuses also called Iberia
why, ancient geographers??
zoinkability t1_ixj4yt9 wrote
Also: Georgia and Georgia
ThePKNess t1_ixjof6i wrote
Surely we can't blame ancient geographers for that one.
zoinkability t1_ixjoztp wrote
The point is: place names get reused, both in ancient times and not
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