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The United Ecoregions of America (media.piefed.world)

submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What is Deseret? turns out it is not a misspelling of desert on the map.

[–] PaulDrye@lemmings.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It was the name the original Mormon settlers in Utah gave to the area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Deseret

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Iirc Joeseph Smith claimed that was an ancient "Jaredite" word for honeybee.

The "Jaredites" were an imaginary people from Mesopotamia who left after the collapse of the tower of Babel in sealed boats and ended up in the good ol US of A.

Obviously there is no achaeological evidence for this group of people because Joeseph Smith made them up for his ~~cult~~ fanfic

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Yup, I linked it in my reply.

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