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Stephenson:Neal:The Confusion:Chapter Thumbnails with Character Appearances

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Similar to chapter thumbnails for Quicksilver, only I took better notes here (with regard to characters).

This is a version of The Confusion Chapter Thumbnails with many character appearances noted.

"Exeunt" means "departed the narrative," one way or the other. :)

"Exp" means "exposition" for a given character: their background story.

volume (if it switches), page, location, date, characters

Book 4: Bonanza, Book 5: Juncto

The Ten: Jack Shaftoe, Moseh de la Cruz, Nyazi, Gabriel Goto, Otto van Hoek (Quicksilver), Dappa, Yevgeny (Quicksilver), Mr. Foot (Quicksilver), Jeronimo, Vrej Esphahnian

  • B 3, Barbary Coast, Oct 1689, The Ten. exposition for Moseh, Dappa, & Jeronimo
  • J 43, Dundalk, Ireland, 6 Sept 1689, Letter, Bob Shaftoe (Quicksilver) to Eliza (Quicksilver)
  • 47, Dunkerque Residence of d'Ozoir, 21 Oct 1689, Bonaventure Rossignol, Eliza, Nicole, Jean Bart, d'Avaux, Marquis d'Ozoir, Jean-Jacques
  • B 83, Throne Room of the Pasha, the Kasba, Algiers, Oct 1689, Moseh, Pasha, Jack, Dappa, Vrej
  • J 93, Château Juvisy, 10 Dec 1689, Eliza, Bon-bon, Samuel de la Vega, Jacob Gold, Monsieur Wachsmann, Gerhard Mann (footnote)
  • 106, Dunkerque Residence of the d'Ozoirs, 13 Dec 1689, Eliza, Marquis d'Ozoir
  • 112, Cap Gris-Nez, France, 15 Dec 1689, Eliza, Jean Bart, Nicole, Monsieur de Mayet, Étienne d'Arcachon (Quicksilver), comte de Ponchartrain, Bon-bon, Duchess of Arcachon, Édouard de Gex, Louis XIV
  • 139, Letter from Daniel Waterhouse (Quicksilver) to Eliza, Jan-Feb 1690
  • 141, Letter from Eliza to Daniel, April 1690
  • 144, La Dunette, Mid-July 1690, Étienne, Eliza, Duchess of Oyonnax, Louis Anglesey (Earl of Upnor), (Bob), duc d'Arcachon
  • B 165, Gulf of Cadiz, 5 Aug 1690, The Ten, Raïs Nasr al-Ghurab
  • 197, Off Malta, Late Aug 1690, Nyazi (exp), The Ten, Pierre de Jonzac (footnote), Monsieur Arlanc (Quicksilver), Gerard, Padraig Tallow, Surendranath, depart: Duc d'Arcachon, exeunt: Nasr, Jeronimo. separate: Yevgeny, Nyazi.
  • J 257, Eliza to Leibniz, Late Sept 1690, Liselotte, Dauphine, Lothar
  • 265, Leibniz to Eliza, Early Oct 1690, (Egon von Hacklheber), duchesse d'Oyonnax (Marie-Adelaide de Crépy), d'Avaux, Étienne, de Gex, (Esphahnians), Pierre de Jonzac, Earl of Upnor, Louis XIV, de Maintenon, Madame la duchesse d'Arcachon
  • 292, Schlosß Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Dec 1690, Fatio, Leibniz
  • 309, Ireland, 1690-91, Bob, Teague Partry, Tom Allgreave, Oliver Good, Captain Barnes, Captain McKay, Upnor (exeunt), Jimmy & Danny
  • 344, A Hay-rick, St.-Malo, France, 9 Apr 1692, Bob, Eliza, (Jean-Jacques / Johann exp)
  • 350, Château d'Arcachon, St.-Malo, France, 11 Apr 1692, Pontchartrain, Eliza, Étienne, d'Erquy, Madame de Bearsul
  • 366, Eliza to Lothar von Hacklheber, 12 Apr 1692
  • 370, Eliza to King William III of England, 12 Apr 1692
  • 371, Eliza to Monsieur le Chevalier d'Erquy, 13 Apr 1692
  • 374, Café Esphanian, Rue de l'Orangerie, Versailles, 26 Apr 1692, Samuel Bernard, Eliza, Bon-bon
  • 384, Daniel Waterhouse to Eliza, 19 Apr 1692
  • 384, Roger Comstock, Marquis of Ravenscar, to Eliza, 20 Apr 1692
  • 388, Leibniz to Eliza, 24 Apr 1692
  • 391, Eliza to Samuel de la Vega, 5 May 1692
  • 393, Eliza to Ravenscar, 15 May 1692
  • 394, Eliza to Samuel Bernard, 18 May 1692
  • 395, Samuel Bernard to Eliza, 23 May 1692
  • 398, Cabin of Météore, off Cherbourg, France, 2 June 1692, Eliza, Brigitte, Nicole, Yevgeny, Bob Shaftoe, exeunt "William, Viscount Ascot"
  • 412, London, 4 June (N.S.) / 25 May (O.S.), 1692, Eliza, Ravenscar
  • 420, Gresham's College, 10/20 June 1692, Eliza, Fatio, Isaac Newton, Bob
  • B 437, Ahmadabad, The Mogul Empire, Sept 1693, Jack, Surendranath, Padraig, Mr. Foot, van Hoek
  • 462, The Surat-Broach Road, Hindoostan, Oct 1693, The Ten, Arlanc, Surendranath, Padraig
  • J 483, Mrs. Bligh's Coffee-House, London, Sept 1693, Roger Comstock, Daniel, Andrew Ellis, Mr. Charles White, Lord Marlborough, Lord Ravenscar, Samuel Pepys, Newton, Fatio
  • 510, Bonaventure Rossignol to Eliza, March 1694
  • 511, Eliza to Rossignol, March 1694
  • 514, Eliza to Ponchartrain, March 1694
  • 516, Rossignol to Eliza, April 1694, exp for Vrej, Jack, De Gex
  • 521, Pretzsch, Saxony, April 1694, Eliza, Princess Caroline, Eleanor, Adelaide, (Sophie of Hanover, Sophie Charlotte)
  • 525, Pontchartrain to Eliza, April 1694
  • 526, Eliza to Pontchartrain, May 1694
  • 527, The Dower-house of Pretzsch, April & May 1694, Eleanor (exp), Eliza, Johann Georg IV, Magdalen Sybil von Röohlitz
  • 534, Jean Bart to Eliza, May 1694
  • 537, Leipzig, May 1694, Caroline, Eliza, Leibniz, Yevgeny, Johann, Lothar, exeunt Johann & Magdalen, (Enoch Root, Egon von Hacklheber)
  • 554, Eliza to Jean Bart, May 1694, Johann
  • B 559, Southern Fringes of the Mogul Empire, Late 1696, Jack, Enoch, Surendranath, Jimmy, Danny
  • 586, Malabar, Late 1696 - early 1697, The Ten, Enoch, Jimmy & Danny, Arlanc, Goto (exp), Kottekkal, Jan Vroom
  • J 621, The Thames, Feb 1696, Ravenscar, Daniel, Charles White, Philip (Count Sheerness)?
  • 630, Dunkirk, March 1696, Daniel, Jean Bart, Eliza, d'Ozoir, Johann, (de Gex, Yevgeny)
  • 637, An Abandoned Church in France, March 1696, d'Oyonnax, de Gex, Edmund de Ath
  • 642, Winter Quarters of the King's Own Black Torrent Guards Near Namur, March 1696, Bob, Col. Barnes, (Jimmy & Danny)
  • 646, The Track to Pretzsch, Apr 1696, Daniel, Leibniz, Princess Caroline
  • 657, A House Overlooking the Meuse Valley, Apr 1696, Barnes, Bob, Abigail Frome
  • 665, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Aug 1697, Leibniz, Sophie, George Louis, Sophie Charlotte, Tsar Peter Romanov, (depart Eleanor)
  • B 679, Japan, May 1700, The Ten. Mr. Foot & Surendranath departed. Goto, Enoch depart. Vroom exeunt. Surendranath, Moseh, Jimmy & Danny return.
  • J 707, Berlin, Jan 1700, Leibniz to Daniel
  • B 715, Pacific Ocean, Late 1700 - Early 1701, The Ten, Jimmy & Danny, de Ath, Elizabeth de Obregon, exeunt Arlanc. Departed: Padraig & Surendranath.
  • J 749, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, July 1701, Princess Caroline, Leibniz, Sophie, Sophie Charlotte, many minor characters
  • B 759, Maxico City, New Spain, Sukkoth 1701, Diego & Señora de Fonseca, Moseh, Jack, Salamón Ruiz, (Sanchez), Isabel Machado, de Ath
  • 772, Mexico City, Dec 1701, The Ten, Moseh (depart), Jimmy & Danny, de Ath, Obregon, Tomba
  • 788, Qwghlm, Aug 1702, James Hh, The Ten, Jimmy, Danny, de Gex, Obregon (letter, departed?), Étienne, Eliza
  • J 805, Hôtel Arcachon, Oct 1702, Louis XIV, Jack, Vrej, Étienne, Eliza, (exeunt Étienne & Vrej)
  • B 813, En Route from Paris to London, Oct 1702, Jack