Nonestica

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Nonestica, aka Continent of Imagination
The Oz series location
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Oz and surrounding countries (note that east and west are reversed on the map)
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Continent of Imagination, as mapped by John Drury Clark and John Burton Hatcher
Created by L. Frank Baum
Genre Children's literature
Information
Typefairy continent
Race(s) Fairy, gargoyles, mangaboos, mifkets, Nomes, Wheelers
Locations Land of Oz, Forest of Burzee, Land of Ev, Ix, Merryland, Mo, Noland, Nome Kingdom
Characters Wizard of Oz, Princess Ozma, Santa Claus

Nonestica (also known as the Continent of Imagination) is a fictional continent within L. Frank Baum's Oz universe on which the Land of Oz and its neighboring countries are located.

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History

It is located in the fictional Nonestic Ocean and contains the countries of Oz, Ev, Ix, Mo (Phunniland), Noland, the Forest of Burzee, Merryland, the unidentified Kingdom of Dreams, and many others. The Land of Oz is separated from the other lands by the Deadly Desert.

The name "Nonestica" derives from the Latin phrase "non est," meaning "it does not exist." The name does not appear in any canonical Oz book; however, "Nonestic Ocean" does. The name "Nonestica" was proposed by Robert R. Pattrick for the name of the continental mainland. He proposed "Ozeria" as the name of the entire continent, including its islands. [1]

David Hardenbrook's The Unknown Witches of Oz contains one of the most ambitious cosmographies of Nonestica and Baum's Oz universe yet attempted. [2]

List of places

Nonestic Ocean

The Nonestic Ocean is an ocean that surrounds Nonestica. Besides surrounding Nonestica, the Nonestic Ocean contains a variety of islands including:

There were also exotic and undersea locations in the Nonestic Ocean:

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Forest of Burzee

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References

  1. Pattrick, Robert R. "Oz Geography." The Baum Bugle , Vol. 3 No. 1 (May 1959) to Vol. 4 No. 1 (May 1960).
  2. Hardenbrook, David. The Unknown Witches of Oz: Locasta and the Three Adepts. Lakeville, MN, Galde Press, 2000.