The Americas

More than a third of the countries filed here are not sovereign states, and almost all of those are islands. The catalogue holds 54 places in the Americas, and the Caribbean alone accounts for twenty-eight of them, answering to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Washington or nobody but themselves. The mainland is the smaller half of the problem.

Questions about Americas

How many countries in the Americas are not independent?

Nineteen. The roster records seven under the United Kingdom, six under France, four under the Netherlands and two under the United States, and most of them lie in the Caribbean.

Is Mexico in North America or Latin America?

Both readings are current. The catalogue files Mexico under North America with Canada and the United States, and records that the Latin American reading exists rather than ruling against it.

Why is Greenland not filed under the Americas?

The catalogue files a place under the continent of the government it answers to. The roster records Greenland as a dependency of Denmark, so it appears under Northern Europe.