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
Wings of a Continent Wings of a Continent Wings of a Continent is a 1941 Canadian short documentary film, part of the "Canada Carries On" series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada, produced for the Office of Public Information. The film was directed by Raymond Spottisswoode—father of filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode—and produced by Stuart Legg and narrated by Lorne Greene. Commercial air transportation in Canada began with bush pilots pioneering air routes in the north and Arctic. A new industry was born and within a few years, the air carriers serving the Canadian north became the largest carriers of airborne cargo