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rbarreira
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Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
« Reply #1 on: Aug 20th, 2010, 9:52am » |
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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 
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ocmiente
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Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
« Reply #2 on: Aug 20th, 2010, 6:58pm » |
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An English translation of the story 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.
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megajester
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Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
« Reply #3 on: Aug 21st, 2010, 2:26am » |
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on Aug 20th, 2010, 6:58pm, ocmiente wrote:An English translation of the story 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. |
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leo
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Re: Arimaa already known in 1614 ?
« Reply #4 on: Aug 28th, 2010, 3:39am » |
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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 
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