See the world map below to find Costa Rica’s exact location! Costa Rica is located in Central America, forming part of the narrow land bridge that connects North and South America. It sits ...

GENEVA — Centuries before it became a continent or country synonymous with wealth, power, freedom or democracy, "America" was coined ... its first use on a world map. The murky origins are ...

The 510-year-old map is the first to name America. A world map in the form of a set of gores for a terrestrial globe, from 1507 by cartographer Martin Waldseemueller is displayed at Christie's ...