New World Collection

The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands). In 1492, Christopher Columbus, supported by the Spanish government, undertook a voyage to find a new route to Asia and inadvertently encountered “new” lands in the Americas full of long established communities and cultures.

Other European countries quickly followed suit and began to explore and invade the New World. Jacques Cartier undertook a voyage to present-day Canada for the French government, where they began the settlement of New France, developing the fur industry and fostering a more respectful relationship with many of the inhabitants.

The Spanish conquistadors invaded areas of Central and South America looking for riches, ultimately destroying the powerful Aztec and Inca cultures. The course of New World explorations was deeply affected by the invaders’ interactions with indigenous groups—interactions that, through a combination of violence and disease, resulted in massive declines in indigenous populations.

This name is of very early origin, for Ferdinand inscribed on the tomb of Columbus, “To Castile and to Leon Columbus gave a new world.” The Americas were also referred to as the "fourth part of the world". The term originated in the early 16th century after Europeans made landfall in what would later be called the Americas in the Age of Discovery.

This period of history lead to the expansion of the geographical horizon of classical geographers, who had thought of the world as consisting of Africa, Europe, and Asia, collectively now referred to as the Old World (a.k.a. Afro-Eurasia). The phrase gained prominence after the publication of a pamphlet titled Mundus Novus attributed to Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This process culminated with the complete mapping and exploration of the planet as we see today.

Available Books

Book Title	Date
The Discovery and Conquest of the New World	1892
History of the Conquest of Mexico Vol. 1	1843
History of the Conquest of Mexico Vol. 2	1843
History of the Conquest of Mexico Vol. 3	1843
History of the Conquest of Peru Vol. 1	1847
History of the Conquest of Peru Vol. 2	1847
Le Costume Ancien et Moderne [Amerique] Vol. 1	1820
Le Costume Ancien et Moderne [Amerique] Vol. 2	1821
The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions	1760
Researches into the Lost Histories of America	1884
Historical Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico	1827
A Literary & Historical Atlas of America	1911
Collection of Rare and Original Documents	1860
American Ethnology	1849
Considerations Geographiques et Physiques sur les Nouvelles Decouvertes	1753
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 1, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 1, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 2, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 2, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 3, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 3, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 4, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 4, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 5, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 5, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 6, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 6, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 7, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 7, Pt. 2	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 8, Pt. 1	1884
Narrative and Critical History of America Vol. 8, Pt. 2	1884
A Set of Plans and Forts in America	1765
The History of Ancient Mexico Vol. 1	1832
The History of Ancient Mexico Vol. 2	1832
A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History of America Vol. 1	1907
A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History of America Vol. 2	1907
A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History of America Vol. 3	1907
A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History of America Vol. 4	1907
History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas	1917
An Account of the Conquest of Peru	1917
Relation of the Discovery and the Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru Vol. 1	1921
Relation of the Discovery and the Conquest of the Kingdoms of Peru Vol. 2	1921
Biblioteca Andina	1928
Parte Primera dela Chronica del Peru	1553
The Seventeen Years Travels of Peter de Cieza	1709
The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon	1864
Segunda Parte de La Cronica del Peru	1880
Ttahuantin-Suyu or the Empire of the Yncas	1880
The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru	1883
The War of Quito	1913
The War of Chupas	1918
The War of Las Salinas	1923
La Cronica del Peru	1922
A Svmmarie and Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage	1589
The West Indies and the Spanish Main	1896
The Coronado Expedition	1896
A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America	1699
A True Reporte of the Laste Voyage into the West and Northwest Regions	1577
La Nauigation du Capitaine Martin Forbisher	1578
The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher	1867
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 1	1915
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 2	1915
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 3	1915
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 4	1915
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 5	1915
The Iconography of Manhattan Island Vol. 6	1915
Historia de las Indias de Nueva Espana y Islas de Tierra Firme Vol. 1	1867
Historia de las Indias de Nueva Espana y Islas de Tierra Firme Vol. 2	1880
Historia de las Indias de Nueva Espana y Islas de Tierra Firme Atlas	1880
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos Vols. 1 & 2	1601
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos Vols. 3, 4 & 5	1601
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos Vols. 6 & 7	1601
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos Vols. 8 & 9	1601
Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos Atlas	1601
Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales Vol. 1	1728
Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales Vol. 2	1728
Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales Vol. 3	1728
Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales Vol. 4	1728
A Kindlier Light on Early Spanish Rule in America	1911
The New World	1855