Continent Introductio", Waldseemüller noted that the earth is divided into four parts, Europe, Asia, Africa and the fourth part, which he named "America" after Amerigo Vespucci's first name. On the map, the word "America" was placed on part of South America. From the 16th century the English noun "continent" was derived from the term "continent land", meaning continuous or connected land and translated from the Latin "terra continens". The noun was used to mean "a connected or continuous tract of land" or mainland. It was not applied only to very large areas of land—in the 17th century, references were made to
Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth (album) Last Evenings On Earth is the second studio album by the London-based band Melt Yourself Down. It follows 2013's eponymous debut and "Live At The New Empowering Church", released for Record Store Day in 2014. The album is named after the collection of short stories by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño. The Leaf Label described the album as "a dizzying, continent-hopping voyage, darker and heavier than its predecessor". In an interview, bandleader Peter Wareham explained, "The need to dance is still there but now I’m feeling inspired by the idea of the city as a prism