America in the Globe

 

Political map of the American Continent in the globe (on the right, click to enlarge). America is a continent divided into four parts: North America, Central America, South America and the Antilles (Latin America does not exist).

The name AMERICA was originally given in 1507 by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. The name was placed, for the first time, in the Portuguese lands of the New World, later known as Brazil.

The American continent has 35 countries and 18 territories. America divided into four parts: North America (Canada, United States, Mexico), Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Antilles, such as Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, etc.) and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela). Latin America does not exist.

 

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South America

 

 

 

 

North America map

 

Grinnell Lake, Glacier National Park - Montana (photo U.S. Geological Survey).

 

Maps America

 

Image North America

 

Historical maps NYC

 

Grinnell Lake

 

Maps

 

Physical Map USA

 

South America Image

 

America in the Globe

 

America

 

South America map

 

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