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Latin America is a term that is most commonly used to refer to the Spanish speaking populations and countries of North, Central and South America. Hispanoamerica refers to those parts of the Americas inhabited by Spanish-speaking peoples. The term Latin America is generally used to describe the region of the republics of Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Latin America can also be defined as the parts of North and South America in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken. The term Latin America can be used to include Puerto Rico, the French West Indies, and other islands of the West Indies where a Romance tongue is spoken. Occasionally the term is used to include Belize, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname.
North America, the third largest continent in the world, is the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North America includes all of the mainland and related offshore islands lying N of the Isthmus of Panama (which connects it with South America).
South America, the fourth largest continent in the world, is the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Brazil is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and occupies nearly half the continent of South America.
South America is divided politically into the following independent countries—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela—and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends c.4,750 mi (7,640 km) from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends c.3,300 mi (5,300 km) from east to west. South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. To the North is the Caribbean Sea, on the East the Atlantic Ocean, and on the West the Pacific Ocean. The Falkland Islands is a territory of the U.K. also claimed by Argentina.
Central America is the narrow, southernmost region of North America, which is linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. Generally, Central America is made up of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
The Caribbean includes
Antigua
and Barbuda,
Bahamas,
Barbados, Cuba,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Grenada,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
St.
Kitts and Nevis,
St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago.
Territories & Dependencies include:
Anguilla (U.K.),
Aruba (Neth.),
British Virgin Islands (U.K.),
Cayman
Islands (U.K.),
Guadeloupe
(Fr.),
Martinique (Fr.),
Montserrat
(U.K.),
Netherlands Antilles (Neth.),
Puerto Rico
(U.S.),
Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.),
U.S.
Virgin Islands.
The West Indies is an archipelago between North and South America, curving from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago, sometimes called the Antilles, can be divided into three groups: the Bahamas; the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico); and the Lesser Antilles (Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados) and the islands off the northern coast of Venezuela.
The British dependent territories are the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands. The Dutch possessions are Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, Saba, and part of Saint Martin). The French overseas departments and administrative regions are Guadeloupe and its dependencies and Martinique. Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States. The Virgin Islands is a U.S. territory. Margarita along with many smaller islands constitutes the Venezuelan state of Nueva Espartas.
Map of Central America
www.infoplease.com/atlas/centralamerica.html
Map of South America
www.infoplease.com/atlas/southamerica.html
History of Latin America
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history
Historia
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history/indexesp.html
Latin American History
www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/0histlacrb.html
History of Latin America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Latin_America
Spanish Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
www.travlang.com
Languages of Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Languages_of_Spain
Brazil - Largest Country in Latin America
www.turismo.gov.br
Portuguese Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
Country Reports
www.countryreports.org
Political Information on Central America
www.politicalresources.net/c_amer.htm
Political Information on South America
www.politicalresources.net/s_amer.htm
Organization of American States
www.oas.org
Latin American Economic Information
www.latin-focus.com
Currency Converter
www.xe.com/ucc
www.xe.net/currency
General Travel Information
frommers.com/destinations/centralandsouthamerica
Travel Guides & Tours
www.moon.com
www.softguides.com
www.footprintbooks.com
www.footprintguides.com
www.bradt-travelguides.com
www.frommers.com
www.atevo.com
www.lonelyplanet.com
www.fodors.com
www.letsgo.com
www.travel.roughguides.com
www.journeylatinamerica.co.uk
www.southamericanexperience.co.uk
www.selectlatinameria.com
Native American History
American Indian History & Culture
www.si.edu/history_and_culture/american_indian
American Indian Studies
www.csulb.edu/projects/ais
Smithsonian National Museum of the American
Indian, Washington, DC
www.nmai.si.edu
National Congress of Indians
www.ncai.org
US Indian Tribes by State
www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/tribesbystate.html
Tribal Directory
www.indians.org/Resource/FedTribes99/fedtribes99.html
Bureau of Indian Affairs
www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
www.indiancircle.com/links.shtml
Native American History, Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Native American Times Newspaper
http://nativetimes.com
Native American Journalist’s Association
www.naja.com
Native American Rights Fund
www.narf.org
American Indian Heritage Foundation
www.indians.org
American Indian Movement
www.aimovement.org
American Indian College Fund
www.collegefund.org
500 Tribes
www.500nations.com
Chronology 1830-1890
www.emayzine.com/lectures/chronolo.htm
First Nations
www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm
Links & Maps http://americanindian.net/links7.html
Resources www.hanksville.org/NAresources
Tribes of the US & Canada
www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/US.html
Culture
www.nativeculturelinks.com
Images
www.nativeamericanlinks.com
Authors
www.ipl.org/div/natam
Environment
www.cnie.org/nae
Questions & Answers
aaanativearts.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ
American West
www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm
American Indian Science and Engineering
Society
www.aises.org
American Indian and Alaska Native Links
factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html
American Indian and Alaska Native Links
justice.uaa.alaska.edu/rlinks/natives
American Indian and Alaska Native Health
Issues
www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/AIAN/AIAN.htm
Alaska Federation of Natives
www.nativefederation.org
Alaska Native Heritage Center
www.alaskanative.net
Alaska Native Resources
www.ankn.uaf.edu
Northwest Tribes
www.public.asu.edu/aii/resources/tribes/northwest.htm
North American Indian
www.curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html
Indian Tribes of Canada
www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/canada/canadiantribes.htm
Indigenous People of North & Central America
www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/IndigenousVid.html
MesoAmerica
http://killeenroos.com/link/meso.html
History of Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
Latin American History
www.historesearch.com/latin.html
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
Aztecs: A Pre-Colombian History
www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/2/99.02.01.x.html
Aztecs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec
Inca Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca
Inca Empire
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/I/Inca.asp
Maya History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya
Maya Ruins
www.mayaruins.com
Maya Discovery
www.mayadiscovery.com
Indian Cultures
http://indian-cultures.com
Tribal Links List
www.cowboy.net/native
Resources
www.indianz.com
The Wild West
www.thewildwest.org/native_american
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
www.nationalcowboymuseum.org
Cowboys & Indians Magazine
www.cowboysindians.com
Ancient Civilizations
http://killeenroos.com/link/anchist.htm
Historia de los países hispanohablantes
ESPAÑA
Espana: Historia
Historia [Espana]
Esbozo de la
historia de la Espana medieval
Medieval Iberia
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Departamento de Historia I:
VALENCIA - Historia
Breve Historia de
Valladolid
HISPANOAMERICA
LA HISTORIA DEL
MUNDO LATINO
LATIN
AMERICAN (Indiana University)
1492: AN ONGOING
VOYAGE (Library of Congress exhibit)
Sucre y su historia (Bolivia)
Historia de la Universidad
de Chile
BREVES
ENCUENTROS CON LA HISTORIA (Iquique)
PAGINAS
DE HISTORIA DE CHILE Y AMERICA
Cinco de Mayo (historia
de Mexico en ingles)
Historia del Uruguay