It may also be a country comprised of several tribes or factions. That's according to award-winning author Colin Woodard, who writes in his book "American Nations" that there are 11 distinct ...

This story appears in the November 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. America has had two great ... United States4,690,000 sq mi MAPS: RYAN MORRIS, NGM STAFF; THEODORE A.

In his fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America," award-winning author Colin Woodward identifies 11 distinct cultures that have historically ...

Google Maps officially updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Monday. Among many other executive ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Although we are now smart enough to know that the sea horizon is not the edge of the world, it is difficult to name exactly which countries lie beyond. This ...

The Gulf of Mexico, a 218,000-square-mile oceanic basin, has been named as such for at least 400 years by European explorers ...