A 1942 non-fiction work by Stefan Zweig that explains how America got its name, attributing it to a historical accident involving Amerigo Vespucci, a cartographer, and a misunderstanding of Columbus's voyages. Written while Zweig was in exile in Brazil, the book details how Vespucci was mistakenly credited as the discoverer of the "New World" because he recognized it as a new continent, unlike Columbus, who thought he had reached Asia.
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