Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Nope. Cristobal Colón was the Castilian form. His Genoan form should
> have been closer to Cristoforo Columbo
Ah, so Columbus is pretty close. Interesting that the South American
nation isn't named after Colón, but Columbus.
> ... I thing that "Italian" was just a geographic concept at that time.
Yep.
> I wonder how my Latin name would have been: Carolvs Evgenivs?
Sounds about right. How would Nicholas be rendered? Taylor is about as
English as you can get. I wonder how it would be rendered.
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