When you look at the map of the world, you see how well the east coast of North and South America fits into the west coast of Europe and Africa. ... An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean, which stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole. ... You can see this along the Pacific coast of South-America. ...
The landmass is bigger than the United States if you exclude Alaska; the journey from Recife in the east to the western border with Peru is longer than that from London to Moscow, and the distance between the norther and southern borders is about the same as that between New York and Los Angeles. ... African languages, especially from Nigeria and Angola, have survived in religious rituals, cooking and some general words, the most well-known example being samba. ... Spanish is generally understood but a knowledge of Spanish does not always enable you to understand spoken Portuguese, except perh...
