Possibility must not be rewritten as documented production.
The paper is an argument about technological and material possibility.
The report asks whether medieval European distillers could have produced a sugarcane spirit resembling rum before the better-documented Atlantic tradition.
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Scope and question
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The report asks whether medieval European distillers could have produced a sugarcane spirit resembling rum before the better-documented Atlantic tradition.
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Context: The paper is an argument about technological and material possibility.
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Possibility must not be rewritten as documented production.
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