|UFDC Home||| Help || The South America Map Collection holds
maps of the South American continent, generally excluding but
sometimes including parts of Central American and the Caribbean
basin. South America is the landmass situated in the western
hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the
west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the
Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the
northwest. Maps of focused on Central America and the Caribbean
basin including maps focused on Guyana, Suriname and French
Guiana may be found in a separate Caribbean Map Collection. Maps
in this collection are held in large part by the University of
Florida's Map and Imagery Library.