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Not to be on dangling modifier patrol, but I’d be quite amused if Columbus thought discoveries from America were worth $1.5M dollars (in a currency that hadn’t
by barakm 3y ago
Not to be on dangling modifier patrol, but I’d be quite amused if Columbus thought discoveries from America were worth $1.5M dollars (in a currency that hadn’t even come around yet)
- ornornor 3y agoYeah the title is a little hard to parse.
- dragonwriter 3y agoTo be fair, the headline doesn't say US dollars, and both the name and symbol were taken from the Spanish dollar, which was not unknown to Columbus.
- GauntletWizard 3y agoIt very much was unknown to Columbus - The first spanish "Dollars" were minted with New World silver. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Etymology / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Spain_and_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaler#Spain_and_France