look, if you want to do this, do it. I decided to do it democratically because i was the only one at the time who decided to give the continents and ocean names and i wanted all the community to agree in which one they like the most without putting rules on which names “make sense” and which dont.
but if you want to take this from here i wont complain, do it, make a vote and see what the community prefers, this thing is already months overdue anyway, i already provided my reasoning
ah, and you should also talk with the map moderators, although i think you are one, about this change, because they are the one who manage this stuff and i had to get in an agreement with them back in August
There was always going to be community consensus on these names. If someone unilaterally decided what the names of these continents would be, many people would (rightfully) be upset. I simply suggested that we try to have in-world rationales for these names. We don’t have to have it, I just wanted to convince people that it would be best if we did.
Continent Names: A. Cabasillm Nord
(“Caba” Meaning Mountains, “Sillm” meaning Continent, “Nord” meaning North
Literally “Northern Mountain Continent”) B. Cabasillm Sud
(“Caba” Meaning Mountains, “Sillm” meaning Continent, “Sud” meaning South
Literally “Southern Mountain Continent”) C. Fruitland
(Literally “Land of Fruits”) D. Falistar et Pyhdis Fault Archipelago-Sillm
(“Falistar” meaning Starborn, “et” is French for And, “Pyhdis” means “Collection of Mountainous Islands”, “Fault” meaning Shallow, “Archipelago” meaning “Large and Long”, and “Sillm” meaning Continent. Literally: “The Large, Long, Starborn Collection of Mountainous Island and Shallow Rivers”) E. East Avajasyllia
(“Ava” meaning “Lake-Birthed”, “Jasy” being “Rocky” and “Syllia” meaning “Land of the Hilly Kind”. Literally “The Eastern Lake-Birthed Rocky Heathlands”) F. West Avajasyllia
(“Ava” meaning “Lake-Birthed”, “Jasy” being “Rocky” and “Syllia” meaning “Land of the Hilly Kind”. Literally “The Western Lake-Birthed Rocky Heathlands”)
Ocean Names: I. Avajasyllia Sea
(Sea in between the two Avajasyllia’s, also could mean “Sea of Rocky Heathlands”) II. Fruitland Ocean
(Meaning “Ocean of the Lands of the Fruit”) III. Masrik Ocean
(“Masrik” meaning Frozen, Literally “Frozen Ocean”) IV. Falistarfault Ocean
(“Falistar” meaning Starborn, “Fault” meaning Shallow, Literally “Starborn, Shallow Ocean” V. Cabasillm Ocean
(Sea south of Cabasillm, also could mean “The Sea of Mountainous Peril”)
It would likely help if someone active in Pacifica is or knows people who are anthropologists, geologists, archaeologists, geographers, and ethnologists.
From a lay point of view, if 7(followed by 4 and 3) are used as point of homo sapiens, the routes of travel which make sense would be:
7 → 6 → 5 due to continental connectivity.
4 → 3 due to continental connectivity.
The following assumes that, as IRL, IRP also had a glacial age. Since this is far out of my field, I am eye-gauging the following routes for arrival to the South Pacific:
7 (E) → D and IV. → North-West South Pacific
3/4 (B) → North-East South Pacific
(non-related) F/E ← I., V. → B/A
(non-related) E/D → IV. → C
None of these are in ordered by time, which is something that should probably be established after.
I’d say on @genericsequencealias’s post it would be suitable that humanity actually started on Cordilia and Bailtem (1,2) as how the heck would the oceans freeze at an air temperature of 8C/46F in the oceans near Northern Cordilia and Bailtem (and “les Isles arcenciel”) when 3.5% salinite water (seawater average salinity) needs an air temperature of -2C/28F to freeze? It would be more probable if they started on cordilia and bailtem and then expanded out.
First, sea levels were much lower in the past, which allows for shorter distances, second, humans have used boats to reach remote islands far in the past, so any short water strait can be crossed with rafts, and third, glaciers allow for land bridges. I have already thought about it, and the only water gap that would be needed to be crossed with rafts is the gap between Seraphia, the Sunset Islands and Cordilia. Also, you are supposing that the topography of contemporary Pacifica is the same as Pacifica during the Ice Age.