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Seven Weeks to Venice: History Through Isochronic Maps (resobscura.blogspot.com)
72 points by benbreen on Oct 27, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



What might have happened to degrade postal service between Paris/Savoy and Venice between 1500 and 1765, from 2 weeks to about 3.5? Could it have been possibly been Switzerland leaving the HRE (and maybe imposing border duties) in 1648?




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