New World

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


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

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