When & Where Does Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) Take Place?

Explore the clues hidden within Disney's animated classic "The Little Mermaid" and find out when and where the movie takes place! Footnotes: 1. “Carrack or Nao,” The Mariners’ Museum and Park, accessed June 10, 2023, https://exploration.marinersmuseum.or.... 2. Attilio Cucari, Sailing Ships (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1978), 31-32. 3. Cucari, Sailing Ships, 71-72. 4. Cucari, Sailing Ships, 221. 5. Dave Roos, “The Ships of Christopher Columbus Were Sleek, Fast – and Cramped,” History.com, October 10, 2019, https://www.history.com/news/christop.... 6. Bill Chappell, “Christopher Columbus Ship The Santa Maria May Have Been Found,” NPR, May 13, 2014, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w.... 7. Philip K. Allan, “Steering With a Wheel,” U.S. Naval Institute, October 2020, https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-.... 8. Mike Davey, “The European Tobacco Trade from the 15th to the 17th Centuries,” University of Minnesota Libraries, accessed June 11, 2023, https://web.archive.org/web/201811062.... 9. Georgia Lynne Fox, The Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco, (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015), 49. 10. Dan Michael Worrall, The Anglo-German Concertina: A Social History, (Fulshear: Concertina Press, 2010), 6. 11. James Laver, A Concise History of Costume (London: Thames & Hudson, 1969), 154-157. 12. Laver, Concise History, 188-191. 13. Phyllis G. Tortora, Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress (New York: Fairchild Publications, 1998), 300. 14. Summer Brennan, “A Natural History of the Wedding Dress,” JSTOR Daily, September 27, 2017, https://daily.jstor.org/a-natural-his.... 15. Staff, “Italian Curiosities: Why Do Gondoliers Wear Striped Shirts?” L’Italo Americano, January 31, 2022, https://italoamericano.org/italian-cu.... 16. Katya Foreman, “The Ultimate Symbol of French Cool,” BBC Culture, March 9, 2006, https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/2.... 17. “History of Grimsby,” Discover Northeast Lincolnshire, accessed June 12, 2023, https://www.discovernortheastlincolns.... 18. “Where Is the Italian Riviera (And What Is It?),” Walks of Italy, April 27, 2020, https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/tra.... 19. Vincent Dowd, “The Italian Town With an English Secret,” BBC, June 25, 2014, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-278.... 20. Associated Press, “Hiking the Italian Riviera,” Daily Press, May 3, 2010, https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/li.... 21. Michael Nelson, “Queen On Tour,” The Guardian, September 1, 2001, https://www.theguardian.com/travel/20.... 22. “Phoenix Theophrasti,” EUFORGEN, accessed June 12, 2023, https://www.euforgen.org/species/phoe.... 23. “Where Do Flamingos Live?” Birdfact.com, updated November 28, 2022, https://birdfact.com/articles/where-d.... 24. Charles Solomon, The Disney Princess: A Celebration of Art & Creativity (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2020), 86. 25. Solomon, Disney Princess, 86. 26. Allison Scola, “The Palm Tree Represents Unification in Palermo,” Experience Sicily, June 6, 2020, https://experiencesicily.com/2020/06/.... 27. Laura Leone, “Pink flamingos in Italy: 5 unexpected places where to spot them,” Visit Italy, accessed June 12, 2020, https://www.visititaly.eu/places-and-.... 28. Editors, “Sicily,” Britannica, updated May 21, 2023, https://www.britannica.com/place/Sicily. Special thanks to raeynbowboi's "Dating Disney" post on the movie over on Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/raeynbowboi/18...) and to Kendra at Frockflicks.com for a great article on the dresses in the film (https://www.frockflicks.com/disney-pr...!