In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean ... 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama ...

Europe is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west of the continent. Europe is above the Equator and the very north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle.

The Atlantic Ocean was born ~150 million years ago when North and South America split from Africa and Europe. This process ..