Emmerich is also just an old-fashioned German name. I would assume that the name Amerigo is derived from the name Emmerich, not the town Emmerich.
Fair enough. I do kind of ignore that, as I live quite close to said town, and that's a nice story starter, Like how Rome and jpw not Remulus but Romulus got to name the city.
Could also be after Richard Amerike a welsh trade mogul.
Hmm. I read the Templar story. Merica.
Why would it be named after an obscure city?
I phrased it a bit too acutely, it shares it's namesake.
It's not named after the city, it's named after the guy who was named after the obscure city
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