On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:53:58 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > My understanding is that Iceland is about the most inaptly named > > country in the world. > > Greenland is perhaps a bit less aptly named.... > > Named by the same people, right?
The way I heard it, which might be urban legend, was that Eric the Red (IIRC) "discovered" both (from a Euro-centric POV) and named Iceland and Greenland the opposite of what they "really were" to dissuade other Europeans from going after Iceland. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
