Does anyone know a reference for the 2-dimensional version of the Schoenflies theorem? To be precise, I'd like a reference for the fact that every continuous, 1-1 map $S^1\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ extends to a homeomorphism $\mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$. The discussions of the Jordan Curve Theorem that I can remember don't prove this stronger statement.


This statement is mentioned on the Wikipedia page for the  [Schoenflies problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenflies_problem) . I looked through several papers on the generalized Schoenflies problem (which requires extra hypotheses in higher dimensions to rule out things like the Alexander Horned Sphere), but no luck...



Reference request: 2-dimensional Schonflies theorem
Thomassen's paper on triangulating surfaces addresses this as well. 
See: [Triangulating surfaces](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/17578/triangulating-surfaces)


