Acknowledgments
The major acknowledgement, of course, is to Eric Flint for writing 1632, which spawned this fictional universe, and for inviting me to be a part of it.
Specifically, I would like to acknowledge Sean Little, a participant in the 1632 Tech Forum at Baen’s Bar, for his assistance in understanding how people transferred from one ship to another when on the water in the 1630s.
I am profoundly grateful to all the historians and researchers who spend time in early modern European archives and publish their results.