Americus Vespucci [OT]

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Tom,

At 08:45 03/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Americus Vespucci
>
>After his first visit, Americus Vespucci wrote a pornographic book on the 
>sexual prowess of the native women here, which was a runaway best seller 
>all over Europe, greatly inciting interest ( among uncouth men, at least ) 
>in travelling to the "New World".

    No kidding.
>      Thump
>
>Gordon,
>         Did you get that book from Amazon? Get it ---that's a joke. You
>know ---Amazon, the tribe of women and Amazon the book seller.


>         Just trying to help ole Gordo keep his cool here while injecting
>some humor into this O.T. thread.
>         Tom Driscoll

Do a Google search with the words "Vespucci sexual" and you'll see some 
actual backup for the Thumper...

http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa050498.htm

It says "letters", but who knows how long they were.  Pamphlets were 
considered books at that time,  Gutenburg had invented his printing press 
less than 50 years before.



Conrad Hoffsommer

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