That was the original view. Looks like the English-speaking world changed to view it as two continents in the 1950's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_th

That was the original view. Looks like the English-speaking world changed to view it as two continents in the 1950's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_the_Americas#Usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_the_Americas#Usage