By the 1700s cities had begun popping up all over the North American continent. Three of the largest were the Atlantic seaports of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Alaska is the largest peninsula in North America (indeed, largest in the Americas).
New Orleans
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. The Americas means the whole of the continents of North America and South America.
Greenland is the largest island in North America and it is 840,004 square miles. It is also the largest island on earth.
Canada is the largest country by area in North and South America (and the second largest, after Russia, in the world).
Asia is the largest continent. It is to the east of Europe and north of Australia and west of the Americas.
The Rockies (North America) and Andes (South America)
"America" may refer to the continents of North America and South America (the Americas) or the United States. The five largest cities in the Americas are: Buenos Aires, Argentina (11,655,100) Sao Paulo, Brazil (10,057,700) Mexico City, Mexico (8,589,600) New York, US (8,103,700) Lima, Peru (7,603,500) The five largest cities in the United States are: New York, New York (8,244,910) Los Angeles, California (3,792,621) Chicago, Illinois (2,695,598) Houston, Texas (2,099,451) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1,526,006)
Canada is the largest country in North America. The US is the most populous. (The same remains for all of the Americas).
In North America, Canada the largest nation by land area. In South America, it is Brazil. For both the Americas, Canada is the largest.
There were multiple largest cities in North Carolina before 1910, however, the largest city actually during 1910 was Wilmington.