The story of La R

[texanpride786 2]

W-O-W this is sooo cooollllll dude this is awesome... keep it up... i wana see more... * click and subscribe *

[texanpride786 2]

W-O-W this is sooo cooollllll dude this is awesome... keep it up... i wana see more... * click and subscribe *

[jugioh1012 2]

Wowowowowow!I LOVE IT!You put so much work into this and I am very impressed!Thanks for making an awesome CJ!

[Benlemaire 1]

thanks for all your comments. It's true that i'm quite proud of my terraforming work. But all the credit goes to the creator of this wonderful island : God. (or whoever you call it, Allah, Shiva, Flying Spaghetti Monster... whatever). I've found a very rough greyscale map on Simtropolis (I don't remember who did it). I had to redraw all the caldeiras and rivers, and spent a lot of time on Google Earth and standard maps. I discovered the map around 2005, and worked on it until 2007. I began writing the CJ at the beginning of 2008. Some updates are ready, but i've only reached 1715 so far. This is gonna be a very long-lasting CJ I think.

[Benlemaire 1]

Update 6

I think I've shown you too much. We'll see la Réunion in detail later. Remember the developed monkeys haven't discovered it yet. Let's have just an overview for now.

La Réunion has the shape of a potato, is about 70 kilometres widewith a perimeter of 220 kilometres. As you see in this satellite picture, rains and swell come from the north-east, like in all tropical islands of the southern hemisphere.

Thus, the western side has a totally different climate and different sea currents. This allowed coral to grow and form a 20-km long coral reef in the west as you've seen in the last picture of update 5.

You can also view it on full satellite photo here.

Le Piton des Neiges, as I described before, is surrounded by 3 caldeiras, called “Cirques” in French, with the shape of a cloverleaf. They are formed with the collapse of the older volcano on itself.

Her is a partial view of the Enclos Fouqué (click for full view).

Le Piton de la Fournaise is different. It collapsed too but lies in one caldeira only, called “Enclos Fouqué”, with the shape of a horseshoe. It has not been eroded yet since it’s too young, unlike Les 3 Cirques who have a very chaotic landscape.

Gorges are created by the heavy rains of the region, and are particularly deep and narrow when the rivers that form them come from one of the 3 caldeiras. The highest cliffs are the ones that surround the caldeiras.

That's all for now. Enjoy !

[psander5 198]

Astonishing. The landscaping is tremendous! You live in such a wonderful looking place?! Your pictures make me want to visit the real thing! I could use a few more superlatives! I look forward to development arriving on R

[anik 14]

Goly gosh - this is some of the best terraforming I've ever seen!

[hijodecordoba 74]

amazing work. and the history is informativ as well.

[Schulmanator 5,799]

Excellent work! I think I know which button you clicked to make this update:

[patriots_1228 51]

its almost as beautiful as me. almost.

great work

[Benlemaire 1]

Thank you all for your comments. I live on the west coast, next to the coral reef. It's excellent. Don't hesitate to come and visit, you will enjoy it ! La R

[Benlemaire 1]

Update 7

Chapter 1 : Mankind discovers la Réunion (300-1638)

But they talked a little bit about it. Only around 990 is La Réunion mentioned by some arab merchants. Precisely three islands, who now form the Mascareignes Archipelago : La Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues. They called them Dina Morgabim, Dina Arobi and Dina Moraze, (Dina meaning island in arabic)

You can see the map full screen here.

But arab sailors didn’t really care either. La Réunion was just a dot on a map. 

All that mattered was a new way to India… that avoided the dangerous land routes thru Europe and Middle East.  

[Kevin 101]

An update? Finally! I eagerly await further updates

[iquere 2]

We need more... you've kept us waiting to much

[jacqulina 162]

wow very nice work and pics,everything is looking great here so far

[Benlemaire 1]

wow i've had trouble to fix it properly

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Wow, your region looks fantastic! I love that volcano

[aaglo 0]

Only thing to say:

O.

M.

G.

[derwilly 17]

the intro was great, I love it (Sarah Palin didn't, though)

but your terraforming... man, I'm speechless!

[Twenty20 28]

Wow !!!! your terraforming of La Reunion is amazing of realism !  

[feliwi 4]

wow, fantastic update agin. Hope to see more pics ASAP!

[panthersimcity4 162]

Wow, what a great CJ. That island has amazing geography.

[Artur_001 4]

Cool CJ.

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 8

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(link for the hi-def full map)

Many people discovered la Réunion on the way to India. There is no unique discoverer, as often, and the islands of the archipelago had several names throughout history

[Craig91 12]

Great to see you back (:

[Benlemaire 1]

UPDATE 9

CHAPTER 2 : First Settlement (1638-1663)

For centuries, no one really cared about la Réunion, until 1638.

and guess who arrives???

(note to purists : the blue-white-red French flag didn’t exist in 1638. In fact it was a plaque dedicated to the Louis XIII. And I couldn’t find any lot with the French flag on the stex, so I had to photoshop sumthin.)

 

The French cared about la Réunion for several reasons. First, it was virgin. Secondly, it was on the way to India. And thirdly, it was close to Madagascar where France already had a colony (Fort-Dauphin), and projected to expand there with La Réunion as an off-shore base. But the French didn’t settle immediately.

But again, the french didn’t settle immediately. Le Réunion was still desert. The French were more focused on settling on Madagascar.

Yeah, they wanted to stay. Even if there was no woman.

[Simbourgeois 139]

C'est vraiment magnifique!!!

Amazing CJ! Every single image looks so scenic and beautiful complemented by an amazing story-line!

Keep up the great work!

Bien cordialement,

Simbourgeois

Maire de Belleville

[Mr. Beer 12]

Very good introduction! I'm eager to see how you'll devellop the island. I were in La R

[i_love_lamp 0]

shaa dude! I love this now!

[lucky7 73]

Oh, WOW, this is outstanding! I just went through your updates and I must admit this is coming along greatly. Not only was it such a good idea of yours to incorporate the dinosaur thing (and you are right: it seems to be very unlikely that they could/ should not have evolved any further... ) , but also you made an excellent choice of pictures. This whole content is really well thought of, congrats.

Moreover, you have been doing a beautiful layout to the island so far, pimped with all these special effects. Really great job!

Would you mind calling me a fan? Looking very, very much forward to more,

lucky7