A third of planet Earth is named for Amerigo Vespucci. But why? Forget what you learned about a noble map-maker. Amerigo’s fame came from writing about the New World exactly as Europeans wanted to believe – hot naked girls, cannibals, dragons, pygmies, and an island of giant women.
From This American Life, here’s the story.
The Decolonial Atlas 
“God bless Vespucciland!”–The Firesign Theatre.
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Do you know what was, or were, the original name/s with which american people called their continent?
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The only names I know that refer to the entire landmass are Abya Yala in Dulegaya, and similar Awya Yala in Runa Simi.
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Is there evidence of people knowing about the entirety of America? Was there communication between south an north?
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