He'd had a harper drawer make up a huge map of Pern, the seas in the bright primary color the dolphins could recognize as "sea' as opposed to the "dark' landmasses.

They were on the nightside now, one moon casting a brilliant full light on the dark landmass.

Latin America: A dark, unexplored landmass situated south of the Caribbean, one of whose playgrounds for the middle classes has been smothered by the ashes of an unrelenting volcano.