"Columbia" was a word used to refer to the New World. It's use shifted over time (sometimes just the tropics, sometimes both continents, sometimes just America

"Columbia" was a word used to refer to the New World. It's use shifted over time (sometimes just the tropics, sometimes both continents, sometimes just America, etc). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification)