Originally Posted by
PDR1
Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
Before the "Kingdom of Great Britain" was declared (actually as a result of the Act of Union in 1707), "Great Britain" was a perfectly correct geographical term for the big island off the coast of France.
To pretend otherwise is a bit like saying that America didn't exist until Columbus (or the Chinese/Irish/Vikings/etc) discovered it.
