Walter Mignolo explored the ways in which America had emerged as the fourth continental division in European understandings of the world. Mignolo did this by: examining the continental triad of Christian cosmology, explaining how the mercantile economy turned capitalist due to the “discovery” of America, and explaining the consequences of the West becoming the place from which dominant categories of knowledge and classifications arise. of the rest of the world were created. These three topics defined how America was invented rather than discovered. Mignolo explained how America was incorporated into the cosmology of the continental triad created by Christians. America was incorporated as the fourth arm because the world was originally divided into three continents; Asia, Africa and Europe (Mignolo, 2002, p. 23). The original map was called the “T-in-O” map compiled in the early 7th century (Mignolo, 2002, p. 24). America was not included in this map because its existence was not yet known. This “T-in-O” map was created by Western Christians. Western Christians drew their map as a circle and decided to divide the world into three parts. Only two parts of the circle were drawn the same way. Asia covered the top half of the circle, creating a semicircle. Europe then consisted of the lower left quadrant of the circle, then followed by Africa in the lower right quadrant. Mignolo (2002) found that these sections were then given biblical names. The biblical names were Noah's three sons: Shem, Japheth, and Ham (p. 27). It was strange how perfect those names connected to the descriptions of these countries. Little was known about the three countries at the time, but they were given names that corresponded to their... center of the map... incorrectly because they were "wrong" (Mignolo, 2002, p. 36) since they are not like the United States and Europe. The domination of the West has caused another market to become, in a sense, imperial compared to others. Through all these changes America has managed to emerge as its own. America has now been divided into many countries, but into two continents (North and South America). The Americas were also culturally divided (Anglo-Saxon America and Latin America). These continent formations can be seen through Christian cosmology. Then the "discovery" of America made many things change; as the map and transformation of the global economy. Ultimately, the consequences of the West holding so much power led to change in the rest of the world. Works Cited Mignolo, W.D. (2005). The idea of ​​Latin America (pp. 1-94). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.