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Even the name "America" is Italian. White America is built entirely on other cultures. You couldn't remove every name that was not White American because you'd have almost nothing left, and the stuff you did have left would still be largely built on non-white culture.
Damn, Florida too ehh
I never realized before that florida is Spanish for "flowery"...
i believe it's called the gulf of mexico because the people that historically inhabited that area (a long, long time ago) were loosely related to the term "mexico" over time, as is with happens with most words.
Did the whole america thing also happen? Yeah, is that super relevant, debatable.
They never should have sold us Florida. That was a huge mistake.
I was just thinking about how they could take it back.
Ah yes, the good old days
receipts, bitches.
Interesting how the ocean is labelled "Western or Atlantic Ocean"
If Cuba took an aphrodisiac and California needs one...
I think Mexico needs to manifest some destiny
This map can be dated to between 1783 and 1802 when the United States won their independence but Spain hadnโt returned Louisiana to France or the US.
Yo this is cool. I wonder if anyone has any