New World
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new-world-184-1886721
title:
New World
text:
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas. The term gained prominence in the early 16th century during Europe's Age of Discovery, after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci published the Latin-language pamphlet Mundus Novus, presenting his conclusion that these lands, soon called America based on Amerigo's name, constitute a new continent. This realization expanded the geographical horizon of earlier European geographers,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Synonym for the Americas
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World
date created:
2005-08-06T18:57:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:36:14Z
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