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Vineland is a continent that was introduced in Predator's Gold.

Description[]

Vineland is a series of islands that lie north of the Dead Continent. It is a lush green fertile land of forests and grass plains. Vineland is believed to lie in the vicinity of the former Canada, since most were unfamiliar with the former political boundaries due to North America's near-total destruction.[1][2]

The Dead Continent

Map of the Dead Continent, the former North America. Note the various landmarks marked in former U.S. territory, and the irradiated landscape/s.

Many didn't know of its existence, as North America's U.S.A., known as the American Empire, was annihilated during the Sixty Minute War. However, in Nimrod Pennyroyal's controversial book he claimed that not only was there life in America, but humans (and a lost city of Detroit). This is not likely true (to some degree), however, as the surrounding areas of Chicago and Milwaukee would have been destroyed down to the city skyscrapers; Pennyroyal never visited America and wrote the book from the comfort of Paris. He based the story on a map that was not known to even exist.[3]

History[]

Mortal Engines quartet[]

Predator's Gold[]

Anchorage sets out to go home to America again based on the contents of Pennyroyal's book. Pennyroyal is terrified because he knows he made the story up. He sends out messages for help as he knows Anchorage is going to its doom. However, Caul reveals that Vineland is real, but not as big as Pennyroyal said it to be.

Infernal Devices[]

Anchorage settles to become the first static settlement, and its people largely develop as fishermen and farmers. Deer are also revealed to live in Vineland, though it is unknown if bears and humans live there like Pennyroyal said (or at least, to the extent mentioned).

References[]

  1. Predator's Gold, Chapter 34: "The Land of Mists"
  2. Predator's Gold, Chapter 35: "An Ark of Ice"
  3. Predator's Gold, Chapter 30: "Anchorage"
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