CARTA MUNDI 02

FIRST VERSION		THIRD VERSION
	1822 - 1899 CHANGE IN DATE 1822 - 1895
	Nicolaus CHANGE IN NAME Nicolas
	Christophorus CHANGE IN NAME Christopher
	1833 - 1896 CHANGE IN DATE 1833 - 1895
	CHANGE OF PERSON
	Josif CHANGE IN NAME Joseph
	Pjotr I CHANGE IN NAME Peter I
	Gengis CHANGE IN NAME Genghis
	1050 - 1106 CHANGE IN DATES 1553 - 1610

The research for the first edition must have been done very poorly. Mistaking the French Henry IV for a more obsolete Henry IV and getting the wrong dates in 3 other cases too, doesn't compliment the job. The copyright problems were not forseen and were probably not raised until after the second version had been published. With that one only Henry IV and 2 of the dates were "repaired", overseeing the 3rd one. I guess that the same team, that was responsable for the research for the first deck, has repaired it too.
Could the copyright problems have been forseen? Anyone who wants to use the image of Elvis or Sinatra, should have known that this could cause trouble! With that knowledge it wouldn't have been a bad idea to check and see how this would be in other cases. It's probably safe to assume that Genghis Khan has no relatives left to watch over his estate and name, but there are some other names that should have raised questions.
When the copyright problems had come to light, the whole deck was probably screened for more problems in this area. That could explain the sudden burst of name changes in the 3rd version. Another explanation could be that all the names from the first version are spelled in their native language and to square out the different languages and to internationalize the deck, these are all spelled in English in the third version.

In terms of marketing the editions were not well planned either. The second CM deck was published (probably as a result of time pressure) before all the necessary changes and repairs had been made. But this CM edition was a larger one than the first CM and enough to satisfy the public demand. When the repairs had been made, there was probably no further demand left to justify another CM edition. So now the renewed deck could only be used for special advertising decks, which was probably a major financial setback for Carta Mundi. The copyrights for the second edition still had to be paid and probably couldn't have been recovered by the advertising decks with the third version.

But also the name or fame of the company's quality must have had a setback. I don't think that Carta Mundi will think back with pride about this deck.