World map showing South AmericaA satellite composite image of South AmericaMap of South America. (1750) Geograph: Robert de Vaugondy.Urarina shaman, 1988
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South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. more...

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As part of the Americas like North America, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America has an area of 17,840,000 km² (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface. As of 2005, its population was estimated at more than 371,000,000. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America).

Geography

South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. Depending on source, South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent, while constituent regions are infrequently considered subcontinents. Geologically, almost all of mainland South America sits on the South American Plate. Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America.

It became attached to North America only recently (geologically speaking) with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama some 3 million years ago, which resulted in the Great American Interchange. The Andes, likewise a comparatively young and seismically restless mountain range, run down the western edge of the continent; the land to the east of the Andes is largely tropical rainforest, the vast Amazon River basin. The continent also contains drier regions such as Patagonia and the extremely arid Atacama Desert.

The South American continent also includes various islands, many of which belong to countries on the continent. Many of the islands of the Caribbean (or West Indies) – e.g., the Leeward and Lesser Antilles – sit atop the Caribbean Plate, a tectonic plate with a diffuse topography. The islands of Aruba, Trinidad, and Tobago sit on the northerly South American continental shelf. The Netherlands Antilles and the federal dependencies of Venezuela lie along the northerly South American . Geopolitically, the island states and overseas territories of the Caribbean are generally grouped as a part or subregion of North America. The South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea – including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana – are also known as Caribbean South America.

South America contains the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, the largest river (by volume), the Amazon River, the longest mountain range, the Andes, the driest desert, Atacama, the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest, the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca, and the world's southernmost town, Puerto Toro, Chile.

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South America ,Falkland Islands Antique Map 1840 £14.95 1880-1890 Map Of South America £24.99
South America Samuel Neele original antique map c1814 £29.95 1802 Atlas map of Magellan Straights in South America £4.99
South America,Hand Coloured Antique Map1808 £20.87 Colombia South America Map by Dower Rare 1840 Vg £2.99
Mexico Antique Hand Coloured Map 1840 £14.95 Original Map of coasts of Peru 1716 Moll £29.99
Old Map Of Mexico South America Dated 1903 £18.99 Old Map Of South America Dated 1903 £21.99
Old Map Of South America North West Part £16.99 Old Map Of South America Southern Part £16.99
Brazil South America Map by Dower Rare 1840 Vg £2.99 Chile La Plata South America Map by Dower Rare 1840 Vg £2.99
antique map of south america c1862 £19.99 A New Map of South America 1791 –by Russell £3.00
Colombia,Panama,Peru,Venu zuela. Hall.antique map 1853 £9.61 Brazil Sidney Hall. original antique map 1853 £9.61
Scarce Map Of Zuid Amerika By Pieter Meijer. 1768. £96.06 1709 Peru & Galapagos Antique Map By Herman Moll £46.37
1920 Map Of South America £8.99 1920 Map Of South America Political £8.99
Amerique Meridionale.... Lamarche Circa 1795. £29.81 1920 Map Of The United States And Mexico £7.99
1850 Rare Original Folio Hand Color Map Peru Chile &c £23.18 1847 South America Levasseur Atlas Map nice engraving £45.00
1960 Map Of West Indes £1.99 1960 Map Of Mexico £1.99
Real 1848 Map of Venezuela New Grenada Equador Panama £31.80 South America 1866 original antique map £11.92
1945 Map Of South America Northwest Part £4.99 1945 Map Of South America & Argentina £4.99
1922 Map Of South Atlantic Ocean £5.99 1945 Map Of Northeast South America £4.99
1866 Map Plan Of The Bombardment Of Valparaiso £9.99 1922 Map Of The Southern Section Of South America £8.99
Venezuela 1884 original antique map £14.57 Uruguay 1884 original antique map £16.56
1850 Rare Original Folio Hand Color Map Brazil £29.80 1850 Rare Original Folio Hand Color Map South America £19.87
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