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[[Image:OldNewWorld v2.png|thumb|400px|right|The New World (green) as distinguished from the Old World (gray).]]
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 [[Europe]]ans, who previously thought of the [[world]] as consisting only of Europe, [[Asia]], and [[Africa]] (collectively, the [[Old World]]). The term "New World" should not 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'').<ref>O'Gorman, Edmundo (1961). ''The Invention of America'', p. 84.</ref> In another letter a year later he again referred to "the New World" (''orbo novo'').<ref>Zerubavel, Eviatar (2003). ''Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America'', p. 72. Citing: Thacher, John B. (1903). ''Christopher Columbus'', vol. 1, p. 62.</ref> 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]].<ref>Verrazzano, Giovanni da (1524). [http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~lgordis/earlyAC/documents/verrazan.htm "The Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of Giovanni da Verrazzano as recorded in a letter to Francis I, King of France, July 8th, 1524"]. Citing: Wroth, Lawrence C., ed. (1970). ''The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528''. Yale, pp. 133-143. Citing: a translation by Susan Tarrow of the ''Cellere Codex''.</ref>
Currently, one might speak of the "New World" in a [[history|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 [[biology|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" 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.
==See also==
* [[Abya Yala]]
* [[Western Hemisphere]]
* [[Eastern Hemisphere]]
* [[History of the west coast of North America]]
* [[New world order]]
* [[Codex canadiensis]]
* [[Colonialism]]
* [[Roanoke Island]]
* [[Australia]]
* [[Old World]]
* [[1421 Hypothesis]]
* [[Columbian Exchange]]
* [[Columbus's Letter on the First Voyage]]
==References==
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