New World

E32380

historical geographic term

The New World refers to the Western Hemisphere, especially the Americas, as distinguished from the Old World of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New World canonical	37
Spanish Uncharted Empire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical geographic term ⓘ
associatedWith	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Columbian Exchange ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
coinedBy	European explorers and writers ⓘ
contrastedWith	Old World ⓘ
contrastsBiotaWith	Old World species ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
geographicScope	Western Hemisphere ⓘ
hasBiogeographicMeaning	Americas as distinct flora and fauna region ⓘ
hasConnotation	geographic discovery from European perspective ⓘ novelty to Europeans ⓘ
hasEquivalentTerm	Mundus Novus ⓘ Nuevo Mundo ⓘ
hasPerspective	Eurocentric concept ⓘ
historicalUsage	European exploration era ⓘ
includes	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ Greenland ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
includesIndigenousPeoples	Andean civilization ⓘ surface form: Andean civilizations First Nations ⓘ Inuit ⓘ Mesoamerican civilizations ⓘ Native Americans ⓘ
languageOfTerm	English ⓘ
linkedEvent	voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ⓘ surface form: 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus
linkedProcess	European colonization of the Americas ⓘ surface form: European settlement of the Americas spread of Old World diseases to Americas ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ transfer of American crops to Europe, Africa, and Asia ⓘ
partOfConcept	global tripartite division of world ⓘ
refersTo	Americas ⓘ Western Hemisphere ⓘ
relatedConcept	voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ⓘ surface form: Columbian voyages Age of Imperialism ⓘ surface form: European imperialism Old World ⓘ
usedInContext	Atlantic world ⓘ surface form: Atlantic history biogeography ⓘ colonial history ⓘ
usedInDiscipline	anthropology ⓘ ecology ⓘ geography ⓘ history ⓘ
usedSinceCentury	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mimidae → distribution → New World ⓘ

Philortyx → nativeTo → New World ⓘ

Spanish colonization of the Americas → appliesToJurisdiction → New World ⓘ

Old World → contrastedWith → New World ⓘ

Old World → opposedConcept → New World ⓘ

Atlas géographique et physique du Nouveau Continent → mainSubject → New World ⓘ

Turdidae → distribution → New World ⓘ

Madoc → setting → New World ⓘ

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba → regionOfActivity → New World ⓘ

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo → isOldestUniversityIn → New World ⓘ

Troglodytidae → geographicDistribution → New World ⓘ

Oriolidae → notNativeTo → New World ⓘ

Emberizoidea → distribution → New World ⓘ

Cardinalidae → distribution → New World ⓘ

Icteridae → distribution → New World ⓘ

André Thevet → wroteAbout → New World ⓘ

Nuevo Mundo → equivalentTermInEnglish → New World ⓘ

Mundus Novus → meaning → New World ⓘ

Parulidae → nativeTo → New World ⓘ

Tanagridae sensu lato → nativeTo → New World ⓘ

Dumetella → distributionRegion → New World ⓘ

Luis Colón de Toledo → historicalRegionOfActivity → New World ⓘ

Fundulidae → geographicFocus → New World ⓘ

Colinus nigrogularis → distribution → New World ⓘ

Tyrannus → distribution → New World ⓘ

Tyrannidae → distribution → New World ⓘ

Crown of Spain → hasPart → New World ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Uncharted Empire

Iguanidae → distribution → New World ⓘ

Eleutherodactylus → nativeTo → New World ⓘ

Euparagia → geographicDistribution → New World ⓘ

Governorate of New Andalusia → historicalRegion → New World ⓘ

1507 world map → depicts → New World ⓘ

Martin Hylacomylus → mapDepicts → New World ⓘ

Pogonomyrmex → distribution → New World ⓘ

Atta → distribution → New World ⓘ

Attini → distribution → New World ⓘ

Parabuteo → distribution → New World ⓘ

Monsters of Men → setting → New World ⓘ