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A German alternate history book from 2005 by SF grandmaster Wolfgang Jeschke. Known as //Das Cusanus Spiel// [sic] in the original, and translated into English since 2013/14. | A German alternate history book from 2005 by SF grandmaster Wolfgang Jeschke. Known as //Das Cusanus Spiel// [sic] in the original, and translated into English since 2013/14. | ||
+ | The titular game is a game Cusanus really invented IOTL: Called '' | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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In this world, the Italian botanicist Domenica Ligrina is hired for a very special mission... | In this world, the Italian botanicist Domenica Ligrina is hired for a very special mission... | ||
+ | As a bonus for AH fans, [[offtopic: | ||
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* 1467: The Accademia has to flee to Milan, where they got support from the Sforza. | * 1467: The Accademia has to flee to Milan, where they got support from the Sforza. | ||
* 1478: The gunmaker Corbinian Seeshaupter invents the " | * 1478: The gunmaker Corbinian Seeshaupter invents the " | ||
- | * 1480: Genua joins the Italian Alliance between Venice, Milan, Savoy, Florence, Monferrat and Naples. | + | * 1480: Genoa joins the Italian Alliance between Venice, Milan, Savoy, Florence, Monferrat and Naples. |
- | * 1486: Giovanni Caboto discovers Terranova for Genua. | + | * 1486: Giovanni Caboto discovers Terranova for Genoa. |
- | * 1492: The Sapienza invents primitive rockets which can be used for war. | + | * 1492: The Sapienza invents primitive rockets |
* 1494: Italian Alliance defeats French invaders under Charles VIII. | * 1494: Italian Alliance defeats French invaders under Charles VIII. | ||
+ | * 1512: Michelangelo complains about pollution from burning spinners and burned naphta. | ||
* 1620: Counter-reformation fails. | * 1620: Counter-reformation fails. | ||
+ | * 1630: War between Catholics and Protestants ended by peace of Prague. | ||
* 1672: First mechanical calculation engine built. | * 1672: First mechanical calculation engine built. | ||
* 1676: Constantinople reconquered by Christians. | * 1676: Constantinople reconquered by Christians. | ||
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* 1763: First motor airplane, " | * 1763: First motor airplane, " | ||
* 1780: New England gains independence, | * 1780: New England gains independence, | ||
+ | * 1819: Hamburg evacuated because of the storm flood. | ||
* 1825: Seas rising - Gay-Lussac suspects that excessive burning of petroleum is the reason. | * 1825: Seas rising - Gay-Lussac suspects that excessive burning of petroleum is the reason. | ||
* 1845: Breakthrough of electric computers. [[offtopic: | * 1845: Breakthrough of electric computers. [[offtopic: | ||
- | * 1871: Maledives | + | * 1871: [[offtopic: |
* 1886: First nuclear power plants built by Thomas Alva Edison. | * 1886: First nuclear power plants built by Thomas Alva Edison. | ||
- | * 1906: After the San Francisco earthquake, two Maxwell power plants destroyed. Radiation disease spreads. | + | |
- | * 1909: German empire sends four men to the moon - but the flight back fails, all of them die. | + | |
+ | * 1909: Kaiser Wilhelm proclaims the conquest of the Moon. German empire sends four men to the Moon - but the flight back fails, all of them die. | ||
* 1914: First Paneuropean conference. | * 1914: First Paneuropean conference. | ||
- | * 1918: European unification decided, Winston Churchill celebrated. | + | * 1918: European unification |
- | * 1923: German nationalists protesting the European unification beaten, leaders Hitler and Ludendorff killed. | + | * 1923: German nationalists protesting the European unification beaten |
* 1933: United States of Europe formally founded in Versailles. | * 1933: United States of Europe formally founded in Versailles. | ||
* 1936: Generals Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini retreat from Morocco / southern Italy. | * 1936: Generals Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini retreat from Morocco / southern Italy. | ||
* 1945: Europe' | * 1945: Europe' | ||
- | As you can see, the author of this work makes mincemeat out of allohistorical causality, with far too many blatant parallelism reemerging, including the exact same people as in OTL, often in the exact same positions as in OTL, still being born centuries after the POD. This is //highly implausible//, | + | As you can see, the author of this work makes mincemeat out of allohistorical causality, with far too many blatant parallelism reemerging, including the exact same people as in [[alternate_history: |
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