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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

Did the average European know about the New World around 1500? Did people fantasize about the New World in a way similar to how people fantasize about space travel today?

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Did the average European know about the New World around 1500? Did people fantasize about the New World in a way similar to how people fantasize about space travel today?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

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I asked this in askhistorians as well but it’s not active (it should be though!).

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New-worlder here. We definitely have monsters.
- CALIGVLA
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  8•1 year ago
  I’m gonna start refering to myself as a new-worlder now.

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