fig. 2.24.3: 2,022 named captains ranked by records commanded: the top 55 hold 44% of all 270,816 records, the top 112 hold 58%
Captains counted by exact name string. Left out: 26,349 records with a blank captain and 5,737 under ten placeholder values such as “*[no captain given]” and “[Captain’s name missing]”; they stay in the 270,816 the shares are taken of.
source: medieval_soldiers.db, records per captain with blank and the ten placeholder captain values removed; 31-breaking-a-15000-row-cap-factcheck.md, captain section · captainShare.data.ts
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