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The islands were officially discovered by the Kiravian navigator Magloir Korentin of [[Ilánova]], one day before the vernal equinox of [[1772|1772 AD]]. Korentin authorised a landing party to make landfall on what would turn out to be the largest of the three main islands and claim it for the [[Marble Emperor]]. | The islands were officially discovered by the Kiravian navigator Magloir Korentin of [[Ilánova]], one day before the vernal equinox of [[1772|1772 AD]]. Korentin authorised a landing party to make landfall on what would turn out to be the largest of the three main islands and claim it for the [[Marble Emperor]]. | ||
They were first settled in | They were first settled in 1801 AD by [[Coscivian civilisation#People|Coscivians]] from [[Kiravia]] and [[Sydona]]. These early Coscivian colonists were mostly landless agricultural workers recruited by the General Emigration Board to establish a permanent Kiravian presence on the islands and substantiate the Kiravian claim thereto. They made their living primarily by fishing, farming, and keeping sheep and goats. | ||
Later, serious mineral prospecting and the promise of mineral wealth attracted more emigrants to the remote archipelago. | |||
===[[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance Era]]=== | ===[[Kiravian Sunderance|Sunderance Era]]=== | ||