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Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita. Indigenous groups ...
The term Latin America was first introduced in 1856 at a Paris conference titled Initiative of America: Idea for a Federal Congress of the Republics (Iniciativa de la América. Idea de un Congreso Federal de las Repúblicas). [9] Chilean politician Francisco Bilbao coined the term to unify countries with shared cultural and linguistic heritage.
The term Latin America was first introduced in 1856 at a Paris conference titled Initiative of America: Idea for a Federal Congress of the Republics (Iniciativa de la América. Idea de un Congreso Federal de las Repúblicas). Chilean politician Francisco Bilbao coined the term to unify countries with shared cultural and linguistic heritage.
Map of Latin America and the Caribbean. The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC [1]) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile.
2008-10-15T16:02:16Z Pruxo 390x450 (21150 Bytes) mejora de "Imagen:Map-Latin America2.png", agregando islas en chile, agregando las Islas malvinas (o falklands) con color neutral, pasando la Guayana francesa junto con las demas guayanas (es territorio de ultramar frances,
Latin American countries (green) in the Americas. Latin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina; French: Amérique latine) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin)—particularly Spanish and Portuguese, as well as French—are primarily spoken.
English Commmons goes by English-usage. We are not in Latin America. Uploading map showing all the subregions in Latin America from the Anglosphere standpoint. 13:09, 25 September 2011: 1,000 × 1,250 (245 KB) AlexCovarrubias: Reverted to earlier version. In LatAm, N.A. Region is not part of C. America or Caribbean. 08:26, 25 September 2011
[a] Hispanic America also contrasts with Latin America, which includes not only Hispanic America, but also Brazil (the former Portuguese America) and the former French colonies in the Western Hemisphere (areas that are now in either the United States or Canada are usually excluded). [5] Image of Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Caribbean ...