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2007-08-19 06:42:45 · 4 answers · asked by Valerie5_0 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
they called it the new world becasue the thing is that when they reached here it was filled with new kind of land which suprised them and they "thought " no one was living here, so witht he fact that they saw this place they were proudly to name in New Land which in fact showed the possiblity of NEW things in this wonderful land
hope that helps my friend!
2007-08-19 06:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
European explorers were initially looking for a route to China and Japan. Columbus thought he had crossed the ocean and found those two countries. Europeans did not realize that North and South America and the Pacific stood between Europe and the Orient. When they realized their mistake, they concluded they had found a New World (the Old World being Europe).
2007-08-19 14:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Civis Romanus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To 17Th. Century europeans, who had knowledge
of all the other continents since Roman times,
two new ones were sufficiently surprising to be
called a 'New World`.
2007-08-19 13:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they called it new because they hadn't been there before.
2007-08-19 13:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋