I'd said it's a disambiguation. Just take a look to this:

http://books.google.com.do/books?id=6UYIAAAAQAAJ&dq=history+of+america&pg=PA1&ots=B9ae_XUDD3&sig=n-9LfgC3fHI2ukdyC0A6Ja6_tYw&prev=http://www.google.com.do/search%3Fhl%3Des%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_esDO214DO214%26q%3Dhistory%2Bof%2Bamerica%26btnG%3DBuscar%26lr%3D&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=legacy#PPP7,M1

http://www.oas.org/main/english/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci



>>America is not a Country, it's a Continent. From Canada to Chile it's a whole continent.
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>United States of AMERICA. That is a country to me. Any other countries with AMERICA in their name?