The Western Hemisphere. General term for the Americas following their discovery by Europeans, thus setting them in contradistinction to the Old World of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
This looked very dodgy when it first appeared . Poor kid , the media have used him and it has all turned out a bit embarrassing ,hopefully he will learn from the experience .
We see this kind of error in relation to astronomy all the time . Fortunately the purveyors are not only over imaginative but also incompetent allowing for easy refutation .
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