The Plaice to Know

Episode

421: No Such Thing As An Elephant On A Chessboard

2022-04-08 Β· 2 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. AmritsarOne-offIndia

    These knights are made in a place called Amritsar, which is in India. A very specific factory makes them β€” they only make 250 per year, and one knight to kind of whittle it down takes two hours and five to six years to…

    mentioned at 00:17:14 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. St. KildaOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The first proper account of the islanders was written in 1698 called A Late Voyage to St. Kilda, which I still don't know what he meant by late. I don't know if he meant to go 10 years earlier. He died about five years…

    mentioned at 00:50:13 Β· See it on the map β†’

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