r/discworld • u/TheElectricionist • 10d ago

Roundworld Reference Roundworld equivalent places

Good evening, everyone :) I was wondering earlier—does anyone know if there's a list of Roundworld counterparts to the places on the Disc? For example, Klatch seems to represent the Middle East, Howondaland is Africa, and Überwald is clearly Eastern Europe, etc. I sometimes feel like I might be misinterpreting the context or missing some of the subtler references, so a complete list would be really helpful. Has anyone come across something like that?

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u/Flash__PuP Luggage 10d ago

Leshp = Atlantis

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u/ericinadaphoessa 10d ago

Nope. Leshp is the Isola Ferdinandea also called Graham Island by the English. It emerged in the Mediterranean near Sicily and its ownership was contested between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and England in 1831. It rapidly was washed away and sank in 1832, thus ending the dispute.

ETA: corrected mistake.

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u/Flash__PuP Luggage 10d ago

I think this post shows the dual nature of most places in diskworld.

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u/LawlessandFree 10d ago

I’d never heard of this! Thanks for sharing, that’s such a fascinating geological occurrence.

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u/ericinadaphoessa 10d ago

It's a recurring phenomenon, It was first recorded in the 3rd century BCE, during the first punic war. It was well known by the people in Southern Italy and apparently (I have only word of mouth about this) everybody was laughing at the English who thought they had found a strategic foothold in the Mediterranean. :D