South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent. The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean ...

1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work on rice plantations. 1739: The Stono rebellion breaks out around Charleston ...

A 5,000-year-old map that some claim outlines the American ... and topographical features that resemble North and South America. Theories about contact between Old World and New World ...

The University of Colorado has special strength in land and water resource issues in the American West, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Students concentrating on environment-society relations are ...

A new map of the South ... pairs of penguins. The South Orkney Islands lie roughly 650km north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula and 1250km south-east of South America. The British research station ...