The North America Map
Maps of every country in north america.
The north america map. The map is a portion of a larger world map created by the central intelligence agency using robinson projection. Occupying the northern part of the large supercontinent known as americas or new world north america is surrounded by the arctic ocean from the north and by the atlantic ocean from the east by the pacific ocean from the west and south. The name was also used together with the related term amerigen in the cosmographiae introductio apparently written by matthias ringmann in reference to south america. North america the planet s 3rd largest continent includes 23 countries and dozens of possessions and territories.
Atlas learn more about the world with our collection of regional and country maps. North america north america maps maps. It was applied to both north and south america by gerardus mercator in 1538. You can also view the full pan and zoom cia world map as a pdf document.
Find current time weather sun moon and much more. A two dimensional globe created by martin waldseemüller was the earliest recorded use of the term. America derives from americus the latin version of italian explorer amerigo vespucci s first name. This is a political map of north america which shows the countries of north america along with capital cities major cities islands oceans seas and gulfs.
The world clock time zones north america. The name america was first recorded in 1507. Positioned in the planet s northern and western hemispheres it s bordered in the north by the arctic ocean in the east by the atlantic ocean in the southeast by the caribbean sea and gulf of. Star of a million movies and the birthplace of countless bright ideas the usa feels more like a continent than a country home to just about every imaginable landscape including vast prairies arid deserts and show stealing beaches.
Dozens of the world s best known cities are found here providing endless opportunities for. Futuristic theme building with a restaurant la international airport los angels ca.