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2. Americus (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Americus is traditionally a masculine name but has also been in occasional use for girls in the United States since the 18th century along with variants America, Americana, Ameriga, and Amerique. [3] Americus is a place name used for several American towns, including Americus, Georgia , Americus, Kansas , Americus, Indiana , and Americus ...

3. Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   An accompanying book, Cosmographiae Introductio, anonymous but apparently written by Waldseemüller's collaborator Matthias Ringmann, [13] states, "I do not see what right any one would have to object to calling this part [that is, the South American mainland], after Americus who discovered it and who is a man of intelligence, Amerigen, that is ...

4. History of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   The Oxford Companion to United States History (2001) excerpt and text search; online at many libraries; Carnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty. The American Nation: A History of the United States: AP Edition (2008) Egerton, Douglas R. et al. The Atlantic World: A History, 1400–1888 (2007), college textbook; 530pp

5. Americus movement - Wikipedia

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   The Americus movement was a civil rights protest that began in Americus (located in Sumter County), Georgia, United States, in 1963 and lasted until 1965. It was organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee along with the NAACP .

6. Americus - Wikipedia

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   Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American politician, banker, and businessman; Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was Americus in Latin; Saint Emeric of Hungary (died 1031), also known as Saint Americus or Emeric, a Hungarian prince; Americus Symmes (1811–1896), son of John Cleves ...

7. Where the Heart Is (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Americus is safely returned and the couple is arrested by the police. Meanwhile, in prison, Willy Jack suffers at the hands of inmates and guards alike. After suffering a blow to his chest, his heart stops in the middle of the night - while he struggles to restart it, he hears Novalee's voice guiding him to the heartbeat of their unborn baby.

8. File:US History.pdf - Wikipedia

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   English: PDF version of the US History Wikibook. This file was created with MediaWiki to LaTeX . The LaTeX source code is attached to the PDF file (see imprint).

9. John Cleves Symmes Jr. - Wikipedia

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   John Cleves Symmes Jr. was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, son of Thomas and Mercy (née Harker) Symmes. [8] He was named for his uncle John Cleves Symmes, a delegate to the Continental Congress, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, Chief Justice of New Jersey, father-in-law of US President William Henry Harrison [9] and pioneer in the settlement and development of the Northwest Territory. [1]