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Columbus didn't even travel to north america, he went to middle- and south america :D
And he didn't discover shit. He was a bloody wanker and we should all just forget about him
And he wasn't just an asshole by modern standards, but by the standards of his own time as well!
Everything north of the Darien Gap is considered NA.
TIL Central America is considered a sub-region of North America
Look at it on a world map, one without border lines, and it's blindingly obvious. It's not a sub-region, it's part of a large land mass barely separated from a large land mass to the south.
As a continent, yes