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(Message started by: pago on Aug 20th, 2010, 8:29am)
Title: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
Post by pago on Aug 20th, 2010, 8:29am

During some search on Goolgle I found this book where "Arimaa" appeared in 1614.

http://books.google.fr/books?id=JcbeQEHDX-wC&pg=RA2-PA259-IA1&lpg=RA2-PA259-IA1&dq=Peregrina%C3%A7am+de+Fernam+Mendez+Pinto+arimaa&source=bl&ots=3-uhghevnE&sig=geiwFPcy1uyr3lxF3EVpQRltt9A&hl=fr&ei=MoFuTLZ41NngBpfdhd8I&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=arimaa&f=false

(there is also a french translation from 1830)

I did'nt know that Omar was so old  ::)
Title: Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
Post by rbarreira on Aug 20th, 2010, 9:52am
Interesting, that's written in old Portuguese and I can actually understand it.

It's talking about the nephew of the "King of Arimaa" (what place is this??). I'll read more later :)
Title: Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
Post by ocmiente on Aug 20th, 2010, 6:58pm
An English translation of the story (http://books.google.com/books?id=Fb4VAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=%22King+of+Arimaa%22&source=bl&ots=z4gJksX2JZ&sig=RSaOgGu4k6020llkajoD5IbbPjA&hl=en&ei=xhBvTMGZA8KclgeN0dHtDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22King%20of%20Arimaa%22&f=false) might exist - if it is in fact the same story.

Reading the introduction, and some of the other content, it looks like it might be a work of fiction.
It wasn't clear to me where Arimaa was, but the story takes place in Japan (I think).

The story is only a few pages long.  
Title: Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
Post by megajester on Aug 21st, 2010, 2:26am

on 08/20/10 at 18:58:39, ocmiente wrote:
An English translation of the story (http://books.google.com/books?id=Fb4VAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=%22King+of+Arimaa%22&source=bl&ots=z4gJksX2JZ&sig=RSaOgGu4k6020llkajoD5IbbPjA&hl=en&ei=xhBvTMGZA8KclgeN0dHtDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22King%20of%20Arimaa%22&f=false) might exist - if it is in fact the same story.

Reading the introduction, and some of the other content, it looks like it might be a work of fiction.
It wasn't clear to me where Arimaa was, but the story takes place in Japan (I think).

The story is only a few pages long.  

I wanna know where I can get a Bungo set!
Title: Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
Post by leo on Aug 28th, 2010, 3:39am
There was a clan called Arima that briefly governed Shimabara Peninsula during the Sengoku Period, just when Mendes Pinto traveled to Kyushu Island if I'm not mistaken. I suppose he wrote the name with a double final A to make it more exotic, just like he seemed to exaggerate many details of his explorations :D


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