Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

This provided for a highly granular view of the seismic situation at local levels, but also across the entire North American continent. Looking at the map, the black lines show areas of maximum ...

the researchers used a new technique to analyze seismic data and build up a computer model of the crust and mantle beneath the North American continent. "Because of the use of this full-waveform ...

NASA's Newest Maps Reveal A Continent's Grandeur And A Secret Date: March 11, 2003 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: From Canada to Central America, the many grandeurs of North ...

On the map, the unexplored continent of North America is called “Parias," while the newly christened America describes the South American coast all the way down to the present-day port of ...

While the U.S. teaches that there are seven continents, Europe teaches that there are only six, with North and South America counting as one consolidated America. Some combine Europe and Asia into ...

Kislak Foundation Miami Lakes, Florida Once Gerardus Mercator applied the name "america" to the entire continent in 1538, others followed suit as shown in this mid-16th-century map. Norman B.

The landmass called North America is actually pretty young, becoming something close to its current incarnation less than 200 million years ago. Before then, the continent was called Laurentia on ...