The Americas by Felipe Fernandez- Armesto

What really amazed me about this reading was that Felipe talks about  how "America" isn't just North America/United States that Canada and all the the Southern Islands are too. And how the U.S. usurped the term American when really its means all of Canada, South America and the small islands. I was so mind blown at this because I have always thought that America was the U.S. and all those other countries weren't. It's crazy how he points this out because I feel like a lot of people are blind to this knowledge. But with this knowledge are we supposed to change it? Because I feel like that probably won't happen anytime soon especially since my generation was taught that being an American means your from the U.S. Which is what I think will probably go on for decades. So it's really a shame to know this and not have the governments of the countries recognize this and share light to their people.