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| alternate_history:alternate_geographic_names [2018/10/27 11:10] – [New Zealand] max_sinister | alternate_history:alternate_geographic_names [2020/08/15 19:10] – [New Zealand] petike |
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| **//[[OTL]]//**: Known under many different names during the first century of their exploration and colonization by Europeans (including the timeless "New World"), the two great western landmasses were eventually named after Amerigo Vespucci, an early explorer of Central and Southern America. | **//[[OTL]]//**: Known under many different names during the first century of their exploration and colonization by Europeans (including the timeless "New World"), the two great western landmasses were eventually named after Amerigo Vespucci, an early explorer of Central and Southern America. |
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| **[[http://alternatehistory.net/Discussion/showpost.php?p=2852&postcount=7|Aesop Timeline]]**: "Vespuccia". Self-explanatory. | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-2852|Aesop Timeline]]**: "Vespuccia". Self-explanatory. |
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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 I, Shikaku-mon]]**: "Aotearoa" | **[[GURPS|GURPS Alternate Earths I, Shikaku-mon]]**: "Aotearoa" |
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| | **[[Amerindian Arbalists]]**: In a massive inversion, "New Zeeland" (note the two "e"-s) is a sovereign post-colonial nation on the eastern coast of North America, settled by the Dutch. Like the OTL New Zealand in the Pacific, it was initially named after the Dutch province of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland|Zeeland]]. |
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| ===== Papua / New Guinea ===== | ===== Papua / New Guinea ===== |
