Many Indigenous Americans called the continent “turtle Island” or similar in their native languages. We really missed the chance to have a cool local name, rather than the name of some random map maker who’d never even been here.
Also we could have named South America “Hydra” instead, because I mean have you seen the Amazon river? That thing’s ridiculous.
I had no idea of the mythological existance other than PTerry’s writing
Many Indigenous Americans called the continent “turtle Island” or similar in their native languages. We really missed the chance to have a cool local name, rather than the name of some random map maker who’d never even been here.
Also we could have named South America “Hydra” instead, because I mean have you seen the Amazon river? That thing’s ridiculous.
See the TURTLE of enormous girth, On his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, Come along the BEAM today.