British North America

North America — North American. the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m); lowest, Death Valley, 276 ft. (84 m) below sea level. 400,000,000 including… …   Universalium

British North America — consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of American independence (1783). At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 the… …   Wikipedia

North America — North American redirects here. For other uses, see North American (disambiguation). North America Area …   Wikipedia

British North America — geographical name see British America 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Oldest railroads in North America — Several railroads have been called the oldest in North America. Contents 1 Early experimental railroads 2 The Granite, Coal and Cotton Railroads 3 Common carriers 4 …   Wikipedia

The Peopling of British North America — The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction by Bernard Bailyn (1986, ISBN 0 394 55392 6) limns major themes of European migration to colonial British North America …   Wikipedia

Transportation in North America — North America contains a varied transportation system, whose quality ranges from being on par with a high quality European motorway to an unpaved gravelled back road that can extend hundreds of miles. There is also an extensive transcontinental… …   Wikipedia

Geography of North America — North America is the third largest continent with an estimated population of around 460 million, ca. 24,346,000 km² (9,400,000 square miles), (if Eurasia is excluded), and the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.cite… …   Wikipedia

Outline of North America — Satellite photo of North America North America is a continent …   Wikipedia

History of the west coast of North America — The human history of the west coast of North America [The term North America has a variety of meanings, including just the United States and Canada, those two countries plus Mexico, or all of the continent from Panama north; this article uses… …   Wikipedia