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New World
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New World
The Western Hemisphere. The term was first used by the Italian historian Peter Martyr (1457-1526), whose De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe (1516) chronicled the discovery of America.
New World
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(Placename) the. the Americas; the western hemisphere
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Noun1.New World - the hemisphere that includes North America and South AmericaNew World - the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
western hemisphere, occident
hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe
North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
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New World n the New World → il Nuovo Mondo
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