America Was Discovered By Amerigo Vespucci And Was Named After Him, Until People Got Tired Of Living In A Place Called "Vespuccia" And Changed Its Name To "America".

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America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him,
until people got tired of living in a place called "Vespuccia" and
changed its name to "America".
-- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"

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