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 ...

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If you look online at the maps from the National Hurricane Center, you will see that the body of water south ... labeled the “Gulf of America.” Alonso Álvarez de Pineda made the first map ...