Unfortunately it seems that allegedly historical accounts of the past are too often plagued by political correctness. For example, it seems to me that the Indians' being one with nature is a myth long ago exploded. I haven't viewed the Thanksgiving section yet but I recall an ad for the Mayflower movie indicating there is only one known account of that event. Do we really know how accurate this account is assuming the ad is correct? GMF That wretched alchemist called money can turn a man's heart into a stone! -- "Craig Rich" <[email protected]> wrote: Earliest use of the term "America" was recorded 1507. By the way, As I stated earlier, I will not be my usual compulsive self and will not consider discussions about this movie as being "off topic" -- for a day or two. ;-) Craig Rich Mayflower List Administrator [email protected] www.macatawa.org/~crich/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MFLR] Mayflower movie Just a curious question. Did Brewster in his writings refer to the New World as America? There several times at the beginning of the movie that the New World was addressed as America by the Pilgrims. Something about those statements that doesn't ring true to me. I recognize it is just a movie so errors are going to occur. But I thought that the word America didn't come about until much later, like when the Revolutionaries fought for our independence in 1776, when we decided to be called the United States of America. I suppose I could be mistaken, but would like to have someone who has read Brewster's writings to answer this question, if they can. Christie Trapp -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.7/538 - Release Date: 11/18/2006 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message