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| **[[timelines:Empty America]]**: "Ultima Thule" for North America (after a quote by Seneca describing that new lands would be discovered beyond "Thule" [Britain]) and "Whitsunland" for South America (White Sun Land, apparently a reference to the tropical nature the first explorers would have noticed). South America is also referred to as "Terranova" later on. | **[[timelines:Empty America]]**: "Ultima Thule" for North America (after a quote by Seneca describing that new lands would be discovered beyond "Thule" [Britain]) and "Whitsunland" for South America (White Sun Land, apparently a reference to the tropical nature the first explorers would have noticed). South America is also referred to as "Terranova" later on. |
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| **[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths II, Centrum scenario]]**, **[[Romanitas]]** and **Das Cusanus Spiel** (German AH book): "Terranova" ("New Land"). | **[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths II, Centrum scenario]]**, **[[Romanitas]]** and **[[alternate_history:the_cusanus_game|Das Cusanus Spiel]]** (German AH book): "Terranova" ("New Land"). |
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| **[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Roma Aeterna scenario]]**: "Hesperia". Named after the mythical Hesperides. | **[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Roma Aeterna scenario]]**: "Hesperia". Named after the mythical Hesperides. |
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| **//[[OTL]]//**: Named after one of the historical coastal regions/provinces of the Netherlands - Zeeland ("Sealand"). The term originated thanks to the increasing presence of Dutch explorers and colonists in the area of Australia, Papua and the local archipelagos during the 17.-19. century. This era also gave us other Dutch-related geographic terms in this part of the world, including "New Holland" for Australia and "Van Diemen's Land" for what would later be known as Tasmania. To this day, only "New Zealand" survives as a memento of the past colonial exploits of the Dutch in Oceania. The term of the native Maoris for the archipelago is "Aotearoa", which means "The Land of the Long White Cloud". | **//[[OTL]]//**: Named after one of the historical coastal regions/provinces of the Netherlands - Zeeland ("Sealand"). The term originated thanks to the increasing presence of Dutch explorers and colonists in the area of Australia, Papua and the local archipelagos during the 17.-19. century. This era also gave us other Dutch-related geographic terms in this part of the world, including "New Holland" for Australia and "Van Diemen's Land" for what would later be known as Tasmania. To this day, only "New Zealand" survives as a memento of the past colonial exploits of the Dutch in Oceania. The term of the native Maoris for the archipelago is "Aotearoa", which means "The Land of the Long White Cloud". |
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| | **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "New Albion" |
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| **[[timelines:Cliveless World]]**: "Neues Preussen" for the South Island and "Neuer Hannover" for the North Island, since both belong to the Anglo-Prussian Union.((That should be "Neu-Preußen" or "Neues Preußen" and "Neu-Hannover" or "Neues Hannover".)) | **[[timelines:Cliveless World]]**: "Neues Preussen" for the South Island and "Neuer Hannover" for the North Island, since both belong to the Anglo-Prussian Union.((That should be "Neu-Preußen" or "Neues Preußen" and "Neu-Hannover" or "Neues Hannover".)) |
| **[[timelines:Empty America]]**: "Thuvaraiyam Pathi". A name given to the archipelago by south Indian explorers and colonists. | **[[timelines:Empty America]]**: "Thuvaraiyam Pathi". A name given to the archipelago by south Indian explorers and colonists. |
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| **[[timelines:gurkani_alam_mughal_world|Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: Not one, but two alternate names! "Terre Henri" ('Henri's Land'), a French colony covering the North Island, and the Scottish colony of "Scotia Australis" ('Southern Scotland') on the South Island. | **[[timelines:Gurkani Alam (Mughal World)]]**: Not one, but two alternate names! "Terre Henri" ('Henri's Land'), a French colony covering the North Island, and the Scottish colony of "Scotia Australis" ('Southern Scotland') on the South Island. |
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| **[[timelines:Chaos]]**: "New Albion" | |
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| **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Autiaroux", a Frenchified form of Aotearoa. | **[[timelines:Look to the West]]**: "Autiaroux", a Frenchified form of Aotearoa. |
