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The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America. When viewed as a single continent, the Americas are the second largest c
America is named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
The Plaza Occidental in Copán, Honduras
Statue representing the Americas at Palazzo Ferreria, in Valletta, Malta
Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn, 1847. Christopher Columbus leads expedition to the New World, 1492.
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The "New World" is an early modern term describing the majority of lands in the Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania. It was introduced in the early 16th century, durin
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…area after Asia and the third largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and constitute the "New World", in contrast to the "Old World" of Afro-Eurasia. Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4…
Amerigo Vespucci awakens the sleeping America, a late 16th-century illustration depicting Amerigo Vespucci's voyages to the Americas
Historia antipodum oder newe Welt, or History of the New World, by Matthäus Merian the Elder, published in 1631