[Dxbase] Revillagigedo is misspelled

Tue Oct 31 19:14:06 EST 2006

The Times Atlas also has it spelled as one word. (Isls. Rivillagigedo)
I have changed mine in my database and I assume 
the next release will have it as one word.
At 05:59 PM 10/31/2006, Tony Cash wrote:
>Also on the ARRL DXCC list it is spelled as one word.
>http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/list_ua.html#XA
>>73 de Tony, KD4K
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>From: Karl Geng, N1DL [mailto:n1dl at bizswfla.rr.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:42 AM
>To: Tony Cash; dxbase
>Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Revillagigedo is misspelled
>>named after:
>>Conde de Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, ,
>1682?1766, Spanish colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain (174655).
>He encouraged the conquest and settlement of N Mexico, particularly under
>José de Escandón. His son, Juan Vicente Güemes Pacheco de Padilla, conde de
>Revilla Gigedo, 174099, b. Havana, was viceroy of New Spain (178994). He
>gave to the viceroyalty one of the finest administrations of the colonial
>era. He put the new administrative system of intendancies into working
>order, improved Mexico City, sent out an expedition that carried the Spanish
>territorial claims N of the California coast, and brought the revenues of
>the viceroyalty to their highest point.
>>looks to me like two words
>73 de Karl N1DL
>>-----Original Message-----
>From: dxbase-bounces+n1dl=arrl.net at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:dxbase-bounces+n1dl=arrl.net at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Tony Cash
>Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:02 PM
>To: dxbase
>Subject: [Dxbase] Revillagigedo is misspelled
>>>Anybody else notice that Revillagigedo is misspelled in DXBase 2007
>in both the country prefix database and the IOTA database?
>DXBase has it as Revilla Gigedo and it should be Revillagigedo in the
>country database and Revillagigedo Islands in the IOTA database.
>>73 de Tony, KD4K
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