Diskussion:Amerigo Vespucci

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Han opdagelsesrejser ... overbeviste ham om, at man havde fundet et nyt kontinent. Det var en dristig påstand ... for det betød, at Jordens omkreds måtte anses for at være langt større end forventet

Dette er en misforståelse. Jordens omkreds var med rimelig nøjagtighed kendt siden hellenistisk tid. Men man savnede midler til at bestemme forskelle i geografisk længde. Oftest overvurderede man det asiatiske kontinents øst-vestlige udstrækning, og dette var grunden til at nogle mente at man fra Europa kunne nå Kina ved at sejle vestover.

(Atter et eksempel på at folk skriver om ting de ikke har tilstrækkeligt kendskab til!)

Sebastjan 13 apr. 2005 kl. 09:05 (CEST)

Fødselsår

Hvornår er han født ? Flere steder angives hans fødselsår til 1451

(A famous Italian navigator, born at Florence, 9 March, 1451; died at Seville, 22 February, 1512) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm

Svend 13 maj 2005

Bad Book Spam warning

(My apologies for this message being in English) The vandal General Tojo is spamming Wikipedia by removing references and adding his books as the only reference. The books are nothing more than reprints of out of copyright sources, with spelling errors from the title page on forward (For example it is James McClymont, not MacClymont, and Gaspar Correia, not Correa, and Charles Edwards Lester, not Charles Lester Edwards). This article is one of his targets, please watch for removal of valid references and adding of the spam references by new users or IP's. The books spammed so far are:

Magellan (2008) by Francis Guillemard (died 1933), Antonio Pigafetta (died 1534), Francisco Albo (contemporary of Magellan), Gaspar Correa (contemporary of Magellan), Keith Bridgeman (Editor) and Tahira Arsham (Editor); ISBN 978-1906421007 Amerigo Vespucci (2009) by Charles Lester Edwards (died 1890), Amerigo Vespucci (died 1512), Keith Bridgeman (Editor) and Tahira Arsham (Editor); ISBN 978-1906421021 Pedro Cabral (2009) by James Roxburgh MacClymont (out of copyright author), William Brooks Greenlee (edited around 1939), Pero Vaz de Caminha (died 1500), Keith Bridgeman (Editor), and Tahira Arsham (Editor);ISBN 978-1906421014

Please watch for removal of valid references and replacement with spam, and revert accordingly. As for the identity of the spammer and vandal General Tojo:

• Keith Bridgeman, London is the editor of all the books spammed by General Tojo
• Keith Bridgeman, London is the owner of the publishing house publishing the books spammed by General Tojo
• Keith Bridgeman, London is the owner of some Parkinson's disease patents spammed by General Tojo on Wikipedia for quite a few years now
• Keith Bridgeman, London is also the owner of the web page advertising both the Parkinson stuff and the books spammed by General Tojo.

For details see en:Wikipedia:Long term abuse/General Tojo. PS: If a new editor is removing this message, it is most likely Keith Bridgeman. Please revert. -- Chris 73 4. dec 2009, 16:04 (CET)