"Following the light of the sun, we left the old world"

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Posted on various blogs and webpages without citation. The term "old world" originated around 1596, decades after Christopher Columbus' death.Earliest reference in Google Books dates to 2001.[https://www.google.nl/books/edition/Clean_Electricity_From_Photovoltaics/A_q3CgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Following%20the%20light%20of%20the%20sun%2C%20we%20left%20the%20old%20world%22&pg=PA585&printsec=frontcover