They thought the world was a flat disc, and they thought the world had an edge you sailed off of. So when they discoverd america it seamed like a new world because the thought nothing was there before, just water. So it seamed like a different world. Also the natives americans spoke a different language and looked different so they were somewhat like aliens I guess, but i seriously don't think so.
America was referred to as the "New World".
lief ericson or...christopher columbus?
North america...... they thought that they were at the new world. North america...... they thought that they were at the new world.
Old World: Africa, Asia, and Europe. New World: North America, South America, and Oceania. I'm not sure if Antarctica is part of the Old World or New World.
the Portuguese settled in the America's. Mainly North America
America was referred to as the "New World".
They actullay called them new world
because the Americas werent discovered until 1492, and no one in Eurasia and Africa knew of this new landmass, so they called it the new world.
I believe its Aconcagua in South America America was dubbed the 'new world' by the europeans. This (I think) being the Highest peak in the Americas is the ceiling of the new world.
america then had founded the 13 colonies america was called the new world
North America and South America were called the New World. Australia was later added.
The New World is North America and South America, the new world that Vespucci found was south America and north America he found these new world for the Portuguese
lief ericson or...christopher columbus?
North America includes the new world
It was first called the New World because Europeans never been there
because people haven't found the land yet so when Christopher Columbus found it he named it the new world
Yes, Queen Elizabeth I's reign saw the beginning of English colonization to the New World, now called America.