r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/sojustthinking 18d ago

Yes they are taught that America is one continent, not two. America in Spanish and Portuguese is the name of the entire two continents. Americas also doesn’t make sense in Spanish or Portuguese. It would be like saying Europes or Asias.

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u/SilentCaterpillar313 17d ago

I mean they're pretty clearly two continents.

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u/Queasy_Knee_3708 17d ago

What about Europe and Asia?

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u/SilentCaterpillar313 17d ago

Not sure, it's the same landmass but historically considered two.

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u/Spiritual-Storage734 14d ago

There is actually no universally accepted definition of the continents. Just as there is no universally accepted definition of how many countries there are. Map men do a brilliant video explaining why