What explorations had created new world prior to the composition of utopia?
I think you had better re-phrase your question! I assume you are talking about Thomas More’s Utopia! He died in 1535, and many ‘new worlds’ were being discovered in the 15th century, just prior to his death. The Americas, for instance. I think Cristoforo Colon (Columbus) was still alive in1535. So if that is your question, the the Americas would have been ‘the’ New World on everyones lips at that time!
If you are referring to the ‘New World’ as in the Americas, supposedly discovered by Columbus, then this is a good example of a common misconception about the man, his voyages, and his intent. The ‘legend’ Colon gave himself, and to the selling of his ‘project’, was that he had found a western route to the ‘Indies’, a route shorter, quicker, and less hazardous. As the currency of his day was the spice trade, this meant that he was selling the idea of greater, faster, returns on voyage investments. Remember that these investments were literally the fore-runners of our present day stock markets. What Christobal actually had was some charts that showed a ‘new’, hitherto ‘unknown’, major land mass between Europe and the western route to the ‘Indies’. The existence of such charts proving that they were not ‘unknown’ at all. Thus what he was after was the potential of riches, in his own terms, gold. And immediately, upon arrival here ( I live in the unfortunate country that received him on h
