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This invalidated the previously unquestioned Principle of the Substitutability of Identicals, which had been formulated by Leibniz in his battle with Figby Newton for recognition as the original discoverer of the infinitesimal calculus.
However, there is another element whose nomenclature breaks the rules thanks to a trick its discoverer played on the world.
Some countries name their currency to honor people famous in their history: bolivar (Venezuela) for the liberator of South America, Simón Bolívar; sucre (Ecuador) for Antonio José de Sucre, chief lieutenant of Bolívar and liberator of what is now Ecuador at the battle of Pichincha in 1822 near Quito; colón (Costa Rica, El Salvador) for Christopher Columbus; balboa (Panama) for Vasco Núñez de Balboa, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; lempira (Honduras) for the 16th-century Indian chief who is a national symbol of liberty and valor for resisting the Spanish advance; and córdoba (Nicaragua) for Francisco Hernández de Cór doba, first acting governor.
The Rambla ends at the broad open space facing the Monument à Colom, a statue honoring the discoverer Christopher Columbus (Colom in Catalan) that can be climbed for good views of the port.
Madeira’s discoverer, Zarco, is buried beneath the altar, but the memorial to him vanished long ago.