The first of three maps "visualizing the progress of President-Elect Herbert Hoover around South America appears this week in TIME. The Hoover Odyssey is chronicled in National Affairs. Lands ...

Where is South America? 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.

Map and astronomical charts are from Alexander Wetmore's time in South America 1920-1921, when working for the U.S. Department Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey. He was investigating the ...

Why your mental map of the world is (probably) wrong These are some of the most common geographic misconceptions that are both surprising and surprisingly hard to correct.