Empat benua

Bangsa Eropa pada abad ke-16 membagi dunia menjadi empat benua: Afrika, Amerika, Asia dan Eropa. Setiap empat benua tampak mewakili kuadran dunia—Eropa di utara, Asia di timur, Afrika di selatan dan Amerika di barat. Pembagian tersebut timbul pada zaman Renaisans, yang juga membagi dunia menjadi empat musim, empat unsur klasik, empat mata angin, empat kebajikan klasik, dll.

Catatan

Referensi 
 Hall, James, Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 1996 (2nd edn.), John Murray, 
 Honour, Hugh, The New Golden Land: European Images of America from the Discoveries to the Present Time. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. An exhibition based on the book's premise was curated by Honour at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975-77.
 Le Corbeiller, Clare, "Miss America and Her Sisters, Personifications of the Four Parts of the World," Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Apr. 1961): 209-23.
 Fleming, E. McClung, "The American Image as Indian Princess, 1765-1783," Winterthur Portfolio 2 (1965): 65-81.
 Fleming, E. McClung, "From Indian Princess to Greek Goddess: The American Image, 1783-1815," Winterthur Portfolio 3 (1967): 37-66.
 Higham, John, "Indian Princess and Roman Goddess: The First Female Symbols of America," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 100(1) 45-79: 1990

Pranala luar 
 The Four Continents
 Hemisphere Maps
 The Universe Divided into Fours
 Guide to the James H. Hyde Collection of Allegorical Prints of the Four Continents

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