Updated map of The Three Great Continents

[Fenral]

People keep repeating this and there's really no resemblance to it besides the very loose shape of the continent and the fact that there's something between it and "Asia".

Well, there's the whole "age of exploration" thing, too. Like, Eorzea is simultaneously an area that has been settled for 1000+ years where everyone speaks Common, but also this great land of adventure that people flock to from other parts of the world, not unlike Africa in the 19th century. Nobody really goes on expeditions to France or Turkey. That's just going on holiday.