A 5,000-year-old map that some claim outlines the American ... and topographical features that resemble North and South America. Theories about contact between Old World and New World ...

“It is a map of South America and a part of Central ... aspirations in what was (under the century old Monroe doctrine) still considered “America’s backyard”—had its intended effect.

The 510-year-old map is the first to name America. A world map in the form of ... but it's also the first map to show separate South and North American continents and is the earliest recorded ...

With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America.

After an unprecedented five-year tour of South America ... of his time in Spanish America, but these books were so full of facts, figures, illustrations and maps they would change how Europeans ...