Nuevo Mundo: One of the Most Important Illustrated Magazines in Spain in the Early 20th Century

Nuevo Mundo was a Spanish illustrated magazine, published between 1894 and 1933 in Madrid. With a weekly circulation, its first issue was published in 1894. It was “one of the most important illustrated magazines in Spain in the first third of the 20th century.”

Covers of the Nuevo Mundo in the early 20th century

Its founders were the journalists José del Perojo and Mariano Zavala; upon the death of the former there was a split in the publication that led to the birth of a new magazine: Mundo Gráfico, in 1911. Nuevo Mundo would join the Prensa Gráfica group in 1915.

Between 1900 and 1926, it had a supplement that was published on Sundays, called Por esos Mundos. Authors of the stature of Miguel de Unamuno, José Sánchez Rojas, Ramiro de Maeztu, Emilio Bobadilla or Mariano de Cavia collaborated in Nuevo Mundo.

Nuevo Mundo gave rise to a new type of magazine in Spain, betting together with Blanco y Negro for the inclusion of a large number of photographs, to the detriment of the style imposed by the La Ilustración Española y Americana and its characteristic engravings. The last issue of Nuevo Mundo was published on December 28, 1933.

Here below is a set of amazing photos that shows covers of the Nuevo Mundo in the early 20th century.

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 31 October, 1919

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1919

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, 1919

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, 1919

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1920

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1920

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, circa 1920s

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, circa 1920s

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, circa 1920s

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1923

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, August 24, 1923

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, July 27, 1923

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, September 28, 1923

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1924

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1924

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1924

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, Madrid, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, May 22, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, October 9, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, October 30, 1925

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1926

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1926

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1926

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1927

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1928

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1928

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1928

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, 1930

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, August 1930

Cover of Nuevo Mundo magazine, November 7, 1930