[MR] cotton in period

[Lydia Leovic]

Friends,

According to a new revised edition of "Spinning
Cotton," by Paula Vester, cotton was first grown at
Elis, Greece in 150 A.D.  Her timeline indicates that
cotton reached Northern Europe about 1350.

Whether or not your personae would have come in
contact with cotton is a personal decision.  In my
case, I place my personae in mid 15th c. Ragusa, a
major trading port on the Adriatic Sea, so my feeling
is that she would have been exposed to the possibility
of owning cotton not only from Greece, but from
documented merchant voyages between Ragusa and Goa
during this time period.

Hope this helps,
Lidiya



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