North America Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About North America
North America is the third largest continent, with a surface area of 24,221,490 km(9,351,969 sq mi), in the northern hemisphere, between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and to the north ofSouth America. North America's highest point isAlaska'sDenali, which rises to6,194m (20,322ft)above sea level. Theindigenous cultures of North America, also calledNative Americans,IndiansorFirst Nationsarrived in Alaska before 10,000BC, and have populated virtually all parts of North America. Except a short-livedViking colonyaround AD1000, the Americas were isolated from the rest of the world until thevoyages of Columbusfrom 1492, and the subsequent wave of colonization, where firstSpain, and laterFrance, theBritish Empireand theRussian Empireseized parts of the continent. TheCaribbeanwas divided
North America Travel Guide Sections
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