Here is what I found for you. Hopefully, it helps. For two hundred years, a civilized America had cut off all contact with the war-ruined Eastern Hemisphere until such places as Europe and Great Britain had become mere legends. Then Jefferson Turck dared take his U.S aero – sub across the 30th Longitude West on the mission of a new Columbus, and a fascinating voyage of discovery. To civilized Americans of the 22nd Century, the Eastern Hemisphere exists only as fearsome legend. This mythical Europe became a wild collection of lands degenerated into barbarism long ago in a series of terrible wars. I doubt I answered all your questons but if you need a professional point of view, check out PrimeWritigns site.