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A fictional South American country that appears in Madeline L'Engle's books such as Troubling A Star and A Swiftly Tilting Planet.
It is probably derived from the name of the explorer/cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, who made multiple voyages to South America. Perhaps it is something of a joke, as far more has been made of Amerigo's first name than of his last.
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