Little questions & answers thread

[Siptah]

The most direct historical examples for these are probably the Macaronesian Islands, which served as a stepping stone to the New World for Spain and Portugal

But aren‘t these the opposite? On different continent (either Africa or none, certainly not Europe), while not being Distant Lands?

I was thinking of islands that are on the same continent but can be considered distant lands. Hence, Cyprus, which afaik is geographically in Africa, and Socotra which is in Asia, but both are actually closer to another continent and seem to resemble the shores of that continent more than their geographically correct continent.

I was just wondering if there are actually better examples than these two?

 

[uppi]

But aren‘t these the opposite? On different continent (either Africa or none, certainly not Europe), while not being Distant Lands?

I was thinking of islands that are on the same continent but can be considered distant lands. Hence, Cyprus, which afaik is geographically in Africa, and Socotra which is in Asia, but both are actually closer to another continent and seem to resemble the shores of that continent more than their geographically correct continent.

I was just wondering if there are actually better examples than these two?

Both continent and distant lands are somewhat fuzzy terms, so it is hard to get definitive answers. The Azores are certainly not on the African continent. Also not Europe, but if the world map was in Civ7 terms, the Azores would probably be categorized as Europe. And they are probably also distant lands, but yeah, that is arguable.

A good example is probably Madagascar: It is commonly categorized as being in Africa (although that is debatable as well), but with its unique flora and fauna I would classify it as distant lands for mainland Africans.