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by Tabular-Iceberg
1724 days ago
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My theory is that it means not the actual Indies, but a place like the Indies, but to the west. I suspect Europeans at the time though of India less as where the Indians live and more like a place to get cool stuff, and cool stuff was indeed found in the West Indies too. A bit like chicken of the sea. It’s not that they’re saying that tuna is a form of waterfowl, just that the two have common applications. |
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