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P. 142 - it’s still 1502 or 3. One character is talking about how all the rich people love cocoa beans. Cortez first introduces cacao (and therefore cocoa to Europe in 1528). The author writes a lot about contact with other parts of the world. 1500 is very early especially for England. There is not a lot of colonial contact going on yet. It’s not that hard to figure it out if you look it up.
— Apr 19, 2025 06:55PM
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P. 114. Now it’s 1502 in rural England and one of the characters has noted that “ black skin trumpeters from across the seas are all the rage.” What?! In a spaceship from the jazz age? I think the author of this book is just criminally stupid
— Apr 19, 2025 02:09PM
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18. It’s still 1500. She’s just met a young man wearing trousers and braces. Braces did not exist in 1500 and people did not really wear trousers. They were more likely to wear hose.
— Apr 18, 2025 02:33PM
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14. Oh no, what am I reading? Author has established it’s 1500 and this is totally impoverished urchin is dreaming about going to the Spice islands, which werenot visited by Europeans until 1512 so somebody did not do their research before writing this book and make me waste my money on it
— Apr 18, 2025 02:23PM
