"In short, #America was named after #Vespucci, not #Columbus, although Columbus’s voyages helped set the European encounter in motion. A Genoese navigator sailing for Spain went looking for India; a German mapmaker honoured an Italian explorer; and an entire continent acquired a name born of that chain of events. Truly, the 16th-century branding industry was nothing if not international" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/memo-from-new-delhi-make-america-india-again/articleshow/135071707.cms