Description: A base map of the Continent of America from 1921 showing the two grand divisions of North America and South America joined by the Isthmus of Panama, and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. "On this map the land is shaded, but the sea is white, so you can easily tell the one from the other. The directions are marked near the edges of the map. The east side of the land is the side toward the east side of the map, the west side of the land is the side toward the west side of the map, and so on. You see that most of the land is in one great mass, but that along its margin there are several smaller masses of land, each completely surrounded by water. The continuous mass of land is called a continent. It is the continent of America." — Hinman, 1921, p. 9.
Place Names: Western Hemisphere, North America, Panama, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
inlandWaters,
location
Keywords: The Continent of America, borders,
physical, country borders, oceans,
inlandWaters,
location, Unknown, 1921
Source: Jacques W. Redway and Russell Hinman, Natural Elementary Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company , 1921) 10
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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