GEOG 3RW3 Lecture 2: Latin America Lecture 2 Notes
6 Oct 2015
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Location and regional composition: term latin america : 19th century the term was used by french scientists to differentiate between anglo-saxon and latin based (romance) languages: latin america can be considered as a cultural geography region, latin influences predominates, languages. Portuguese (lusoamerica- portuguese speaking- brazil; lusitania- ancient name for portugal: religion. West: the pacific ocean and the islands controlled by latin american countries - the gal pagos islands (ecuador, easter island(politically part of chile) geographically is a part of. East: the atlantic ocean, sometimes - a chain of british possessions in the atlantic; however, the falkland islands (malvinas) physiographically is a part of latin. North: the political boundaries of the united states. The drake passage (mar del hoces); the southernmost point of. Latin america- aguila islet (the diego ramires islands chile) 56*32"s the southernmost point of latin america - aguila islet (the diego. Isthmuses (strategic role: tehuantepec- spanish and portuguese. Isthmus of panama (darien)- other european lanuges (englisj,
