Everything about The New World totally explained
The
New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth, specifically the
Americas and
Australia. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the
Europeans, who previously thought of the
world as consisting only of Europe,
Asia, and
Africa (collectively, the
Old World). The term "New World" shouldn't be confused with "
modern world"; the latter generally refers to a historical period, not a
landmass.
Origin
In 1493,
Christopher Columbus returned to
Spain from his first voyage to the Americas, and on
1 November that year
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera referred to Columbus in a letter as the discoverer of "the New World" (
novi orbis). In another letter a year later he again referred to "the New World" (
orbo novo). In 1516, Martyr published a work whose title began
De orbe novo ("On the New
World").
In 1524, the term was also used by
Giovanni da Verrazzano in a record of his voyage that year along the coast of what would later become the
United States and
Canada.
Currently, they might speak of the "New World" in a
historical context when discussing the voyages of
Christopher Columbus, the
Spanish conquest of Yucatán, and other events contemporaneous to the term; additionally, the term "New World" is sometimes used in a
biological context, when one speaks of Old World and New World species.
While the term "New World" always encompasses the Americas,
Australasia may only be described as "New but" in certain contexts. In a biological context, Australasia is neither New World nor Old, as
flora and
fauna differ markedly from both those of
Eurasia and of the Americas.
Long before Columbus, legends existed in Europe of Western continents across the sea. Examples include: the Norse
Great Ireland or
Hvítramannaland ("White Men's Land"); the "abode of saints" visited by
St. Brendan, Abbot of Cluainfert, documented in the Irish
Book of Lismore; the Welsh Legend of
Madoc; and Plato's
Atlantis. See the article
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact for more details.
Further Information
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