What's "New Guinea" named after? where's "Old Guinea"?

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What's "New Guinea" named after? where's "Old Guinea"?

2007-04-22 23:59:17 · 3 answers · asked by rihannsu 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Old Guinea or Guinea is on the coast of Africa.~~

2007-04-23 00:09:40 · answer #1 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

New Guinea or Papua, named after the people who were living there called Papuans. Old Guinea is the real Papua Guinea, which was invaded by Spanish in 16th century, followed by Dutch, English and Germans during 17th - 18th century, because of Gold mines.

It has got a very big History, very difficult to explain here.

2007-04-23 00:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋

Africa.

2007-04-23 00:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋