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If I was a European explorer/traveller in the 1500s, while in the Americas or India, would I be particularly conscious of time zones, or did it take until telegraphs/faster transportation to notice/care about the fact that midday somewhere can be midnight elsewhere?

by /u/SlyDintoyourdms in /r/AskHistorians

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