HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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The New World
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The Old World
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European continent
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The Spice Islands
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Detailed explanation-1: -North America and South America together are often called the “New World”. The label came about in the wake of European voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. The Europeans discovered these two continents only in the late 15th century. So, to the Europeans, these lands were new compared to the older civilisations.
Detailed explanation-2: -the New World. : the western hemisphere. especially : the continental landmass of North and South America. It must therefore be inferred that the colonizers of the New World … numbered at least 900 individuals …
Detailed explanation-3: -Americas, also called America, the two continents, North and South America, of the Western Hemisphere. The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different. In North America, subarctic climate prevails in the north, gradually warming southward and finally becoming tropical near the southern isthmus.