Home›More›Articles›A new world that took decades to drawArticleA new world that took decades to drawArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnNew World, Regions Well-attested SourcesNew World (Wikipedia)Origin of the term, Mundus NovusQuote, Origin of the term, Mundus Novusthe first explicit articulation in print of the hypothesis that the lands discovered by European navigators to the west were not the edges of Asia, as asserted by Christopher Columbus, but rather an entirely different continentView the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.