In 35 years of mongering, starting at age 17 with the first three years being stationed in Subic Bay, Philippines, I have mongered in six of the seven continents. Does anyone know about mongering in the one that I have missed, Antarctica??
Of course, us older mongerers have had more time but the young ones like Jmac will not take 35 years to do the continents.
I listed the continents below as I had to look them up.
Have a Great Day,
Dave
7 continents: Antarctica South America North America Europe Asia Africa Australia
6 continents: Antarctica America Europe Asia Africa Australia
6 continents: Antarctica South America North America Eurasia Africa Australia
5 continents: Antarctica America Eurasia Africa Australia
5 continents: Antarctica South America Laurasia Africa Australia
4 continents: Antarctica America Africa-Eurasia Australia
The 7-continent model is usually taught in Western Europe, China, and most native English-speaking countries. The 6-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America. The 6-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan. In all of these cases, the names Australasia or Oceania may be used in place of Australia; in Canada, the government-approved Atlas of Canada names 7 continents and indicates Oceania instead.
Historians may use the 5-continent model in which North Africa is separated from Sub-Saharan Africa and included in Eurasia (Jared Diamond) or the 4-continent Afro-Eurasian (Andre Gunder Frank).
They are ranked here according to size.
Size
continent area (km²)
Africa-Eurasia 85 000 000
Laurasia 79 180 000
Eurasia 54 700 000
Asia 44 310 000
America 42 320 000
Africa 30 300 000
North America 24 480 000
South America 17 840 000
Antarctica 13 720 000
Europe 10 390 000
Australia
