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Italian cartographer and explorer Amerigo Vespuci. He was the first to identify South America as a continent. Ask yourself, how would he be able to do that without having to sail all the way around it? He figured it out by discovering the mouth of the Amazon river. He estimated that a river of that size and volume had to be collecting rain from a watershed the size of Europe. Ergo, he was sailing off a continent, rather than just another large island.
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For whom are the continents of the western hemisphere named?
The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
What are the three continents that are in the western hemisphere?
The three continents in the Western Hemisphere are North America, South America, Asia, and Antartica.
How many continents are in the western hemisphere?
There are four continents in the Western Hemisphere, North America fully in the hemisphere, South America fully in the hemisphere, Antarctica partly, Africa partly.
What continents are part of the Western Hemisphere?
All continents but Australia are located either fully or partially in the Western Hemisphere.All continents but Australia are located either fully or partially in the Western Hemisphere.
Is most of the US in western or the eastern hemisphere?
All of the North American and South American continents are in the Western Hemisphere.
For whom are the continents of the western hemisphere named?
The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Which continents lie within the western hemisphere?
The continents north and south America lie within the western hemisphere.
Which continents are mostly in the western hemisphere?
North and South America are the only continents fully (and mostly) in the Western Hemisphere.
What ocean is in the Western Hemisphere?
What 4 names of continents and ocean in the Western Hemisphere?
What continents are not located in the western hemisphere?
-- No parts of Asia or Australia are in the western hemisphere.-- South America is completely in the western hemisphere.-- All of the other continents are partly in the eastern and partly in the western hemispheres.
What are the three continents that are in the western hemisphere?
The three continents in the Western Hemisphere are North America, South America, Asia, and Antartica.
How many continents are in the western hemisphere?
There are four continents in the Western Hemisphere, North America fully in the hemisphere, South America fully in the hemisphere, Antarctica partly, Africa partly.
Which two contenants are in the western hemisphere?
North America and South America are the only continents completely in the Western Hemisphere. Parts of Europe, Africa. and Antarctica are in the Western Hemisphere, but not the entire continents.
The two continents in the Western Hemisphere?
The two continents in the Western Hemisphere are North America and south America
Which continents lie entry in the Western hemishpre?
Which continents lie entry in the Western Hemisphere?
Continents and oceans western hemisphere?
All continents are partially in the Western Hemisphere (Australia is including only if including the region of Oceania). North America and South America are the only continents fully in the Western Hemisphere. The Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans are part of the Western Hemisphere as well.
What continents are part of the Western Hemisphere?
All continents but Australia are located either fully or partially in the Western Hemisphere.All continents but Australia are located either fully or partially in the Western Hemisphere.
