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 America, second largest isolated landmass of the earth, comprising the two continents of the western hemisphere. America is a common designation for either or both North America and South America, for the western hemisphere as a whole, and for the United States of America.
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Select a country or location from the list below, to the left or in the "Click Map" at the top of this page, to see the hotels and motels throughout North America, that have reservations available through our network. Other countries are listed near the top of this page.
North America
- Canada - The Canadian Provinces, land areas in the northern region of North America.
- Mexico - The Mexican Territories, land areas in the southern region of North America
- United States - The Continental United States, land areas in the centre of North America
- Gulf Coast Region - AL, FL, KY, LA, MS, TX
- Northeast Region - CT, DE, IN, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV
- Northwest Region - AK, ID, IL, IA, MN, MO, ND, OR, SD, WA, WI
- South Atlantic Coast Region - AR, DC, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA
- Southwest Region - AZ, CA, CO, HI, KS, MT, NE, NM, NV, OK, UT, WY
Canada, federated country of North America, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the northeast by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which separate it from Greenland; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the United States; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. It was formerly known as the Dominion of Canada. Occupying all of North America north of the conterminous United States, except Alaska, Greenland, Saint-Pierre Island, and the Miquelon Islands, Canada is the world's second largest country, surpassed in size only by Russia.
Mexico, in full United Mexican States (Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos), federal republic in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the east by the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea; on the south by Belize and Guatemala; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Mexican federal jurisdiction extends, in addition to Mexico proper, over a number of offshore islands. The area of the country is 1,958,201 sq km (756,066 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Mexico City.
The entire western hemisphere is often called the Americas. The word first appeared in Cosmographiae Introductio (Introduction to Cosmography), edited and published in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller.
The name was derived from Americus, the Latinized given name of the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci, whose expeditions to the New World are described in the work. As used by Waldseemüller, America specifically referred to the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus, Vespucci, and other early explorers of the West Indies and the northeastern coast of the southern continent. The Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator first used the word to indicate all the western hemisphere on a map of the world published in 1538.
"Canada", "America" & "Mexico" Information Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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