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.
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Because it was an unexplored region at one time. A new continent.
Because it was unknown to Europeans until relatively recent times
America was referred to as the "New World".
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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