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1 giorno fa · Geographical treatment of North America, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its geologic history, land, people, and economy. It occupies the northern portion of the ‘New World.’ North America, the world’s third largest continent, lies mainly between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer.
- The Dispossession of The Indians
North America - Dispossession, Indigenous, Colonization: The...
- 30 to 2.5 Million Years Ago
North America - Glaciation, Migration, Megafauna: About 30...
- The People
North America - Indigenous, Settlers, Immigration: In global...
- Temperate Grasslands
North America - Prairies, Steppes, Savannas: The temperate...
- The Boreal Forest
North America - Boreal Forest, Wildlife, Ecosystems: One of...
- The Lowlands
North America - Lowlands, Plains, Coastlines: Irregular...
- Trade
North America - Trade, Resources, Markets: North American...
- Biological Resources
North America - Wildlife, Flora, Fauna: The coming of...
- The Dispossession of The Indians
2 giorni fa · North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. [c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
- 24,709,000 km² (9,540,000 sq mi) (3rd)
- 23 non-sovereign territories
- 23 sovereign states
- 592,296,233 (2021; 4th)
1 giorno fa · United States, country in North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
1 giorno fa · Martin Waldseemüller’s Map: The German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published a world map in 1507, “Universalis Cosmographia,” which is the first known map to use the name “America.” In the accompanying text, “Cosmographiae Introductio,” Waldseemüller explained that he named the new continent “America” in honour of Amerigo Vespucci, who had identified it as a new ...
4 giorni fa · The Rocky Mountains of North America, or the Rockies, stretch from northern Alberta and British Columbia in Canada southward to New Mexico in the United States, a distance of some 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres). In places the system is 300 or more miles wide.
1 giorno fa · Internet TLD. .us [16] The United States of America ( USA or U.S.A. ), commonly known as the United States ( US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district ( Washington, D.C. ), and 326 Indian reservations.
1 giorno fa · 019 – Americas 001 – World. 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, [5] [6] [7] are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. [8] [9] [10] The Americas make up most of the land in Earth 's Western Hemisphere and comprise the ...
