Anglo-Welsh merchant, royal customs officer, and sheriff
Richard ap Meryk, anglicised to Richard Amerike (or Ameryk) (c. 1440–1503) was a British merchant, royal customs officer and later, sheriff of Bristol. Several claims have been made for Amerike by popular writers of the late twentieth century. One was that he was the major funder of the voyage of exploration launched from Bristol by the Venetian John Cabot in 1497, and that Amerike was the owner of Cabot's ship, the Matthew.[1] The other claim revived a theory first proposed in 1908 by a Bristolian scholar and amateur historian, Alfred Hudd. Hudd's theory, greatly elaborated by later writers, suggested that the continental name America was derived from Amerike's surname in gratitude for his sponsorship of Cabot's successful discovery expedition to 'the new World'. However, neither claim is backed up by hard evidence, and the consensus view is that America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer.
^MacDonald, Peter (17 February 2011). "BBC History in Depth; The Naming of America; Richard Amerike". BBC History website. BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
Richard ap Meryk, anglicised to RichardAmerike (or Ameryk) (c. 1440–1503) was a British merchant, royal customs officer and later, sheriff of Bristol...
being named after the Amerrisque mountain range in Nicaragua, or after RichardAmerike, a merchant from Bristol, England. In contemporary English, North and...
of Nicaragua, or from the surname of wealthy Anglo-Welsh merchant RichardAmerike. The first documentary evidence of the phrase "United States of America"...
Georgian building that used to operate as a hotel. The Bristol merchant RichardAmerike (c. 1445–1503) who, it is claimed, gave his name to America, was born...
and, in the late 15th century shares in the estate were purchased by RichardAmerike (one of the possible sources of the name America). Previously the manor...
sets sail from Bristol, on the ship Matthew (principally owned by RichardAmerike), looking for new lands to the west (some sources give a May 2 date)...
language) for the Americas, avoiding the mention of Amerigo Vespucci or RichardAmerike Eskimo § Nomenclature Kaplan, Lawrence. "Inuit or Eskimo: Which name...
Medici, exiled ruler of Florence (drowned) (b. 1472) date unknown RichardAmerike, English merchant and patron of John Cabot (b. 1445) Anacaona, Taino...
Pierson (born 1969/1970) Mary Quant (1934-2023) Richard ap Meryk (or ap Meurig), Anglicised to RichardAmerike (or Ameryk) (c. 1445–1503), after whom America...
sets sail from Bristol, on the ship Matthew (principally owned by RichardAmerike), looking for new lands to the west (some sources give a May 2 date)...
Cabot sets sail from Bristol on the ship Matthew (principally owned by RichardAmerike) looking for new lands to the west. 17 June – Cornish rebels under...
Marches 1502 2 April - Arthur, Prince of Wales, 15 1503 date unknown RichardAmerike, English merchant, royal customs officer and sheriff, of Welsh descent...
Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (born 1446) RichardAmerike, merchant and patron of John Cabot (born 1445) 1504 29 July – Thomas...
vanished. Some scholars maintain that the name "America" comes from RichardAmerike, a Bristol merchant and customs officer, who is claimed (on very slender...
south wing was probably added by Rev. Henry Law between 1824 and 1836. RichardAmerike (c. 1445–1503) was a wealthy English born merchant, Royal customs officer...
adventurer John Cabot sets sail on the ship Matthew (principally owned by RichardAmerike) looking for new lands to the west. 1498 – May: Cabot sets sail on...
Amerike – The Golden Land is a musical with book, lyrics, and song by Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek. The show is in Yiddish and English depicting...
1914. Progresivne Slovenke Amerike (Progressive Slovene Women of America) (PSWA), founded in 1934. Slovenska ženska zveza Amerike, founded in Chicago in 1926...
Reuters. Tódová, Monika (31 March 2021). "Nový premiér Eduard Heger: V Amerike som sa naučil, že ten, kto má opačný názor, nie je nepriateľ". Denník N...
New York (1919) by his childhood friend Konrad Bercovici, and Gershn in Amerike (1963) by Chaver-Paver (Gershon Aynbinder). Moskowitz claimed to have composed...
ENGLISH DICTIONARY”) TË LEONARD NEWMARK-UT. In STUDIMET ALBANISTIKENË AMERIKË. Page 276. "Yavan in the House of Shem: Greeks and Jews, 332–63 BC". Washington...
Aires: David Lerman. 1949. Di kroynung fun a yungn Yidishn dikhter in Amerike. 1953. Di lider fun mayne lider. Montreal: Yidisher folks bibliyotek. 1954...
Russia to explore this idea more in the form of a book. He wrote Negry v Amerike in 1923. Originally in Russian, and it was not translated into English...
5 November 2011. Jelena Lončar (22 August 2007). "Iseljavanje Hrvata u Amerike te Južnu Afriku" [Migrations of Croats to the Americas and the South Africa]...
January 2021. "MOGU DA POLOMIM F-117A: Evo kako je ARKAN uništio ponos Amerike i "nevidljivi" bombarder! (VIDEO) | Telegraf – Najnovije vesti". web.archive...
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