Show The Continents Of The World

Early concepts of the old world continents. Map of the 7 continents of the world 7 continents of the world The rest of the planet's surface is covered by water (70.8%).

The 7 continents of the world are north america, south america, antarctica, europe, asia, africa, and australia. Early concepts of the old world continents. South america has the least number of countries, at 12.

The 7 continents of the world are north america, south america, antarctica, europe, asia, africa, and australia.

In 1507 martin waldseemüller published a world map, universalis cosmographia, which was the first to show north and south america as separate from asia and surrounded by water. The rest of the planet's surface is covered by water (70.8%). While there are some small islands surrounding these main continents that people live on, most of the world population lives on one of the seven. 149 million km² (29.2%) are dry land;