The Spice Route: A History (California Studies in Food and Culture)

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The Spice Route is one of history’s biggest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed extended ahead of anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and nearly by definition unattainable that was what manufactured them so desirable. But much more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, far more wars had been fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange. Epic in scope, marvelously comprehensive, laced with drama, The Spice Route spans 3 millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade. With the help of ancient geographies, travelers’ accounts, mariners’ handbooks, and ships’ logs, John Keay tells of ancient Egyptians who pioneered maritime trade to fetch the incense of Arabia, Graeco-Roman navigators who located their way to India for pepper and ginger, Columbus who sailed west for spices, de Gama, who sailed east for them, and Magellan, who sailed across the Pacific on the exact very same quest. A veritable spice race evolved as the west vied for management of the spice-creating islands, stripping them of their innocence and the spice trade of its mystique. This enthralling saga, progressing from the voyages of the ancients to the blue-water trade that came to prevail by the seventeenth century, transports us from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth.

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Books The Spice Route: A History (California Studies in Food and Culture) The Spice Route is one of history’s biggest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed extended ahead of anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and nearly by definition unattainable that was what manufactured them so desirable. But much more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, far more wars had been fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange. Epic in scope, marvelously comprehensive, laced with drama, The Spice Route spans 3 millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade. With the help of ancient geographies, travelers’ accounts, mariners’ handbooks, and ships’ logs, John Keay tells of ancient Egyptians who pioneered maritime trade to fetch the incense of Arabia, Graeco-Roman navigators who located their way to India for pepper and ginger, Columbus who sailed west for spices, de Gama, who sailed east for them, and Magellan, who sailed across the Pacific on the exact very same quest. A veritable spice race evolved as the west vied for management of the spice-creating islands, stripping them of their innocence and the spice trade of its mystique. This enthralling saga, progressing from the voyages of the ancients to the blue-water trade that came to prevail by the seventeenth century, transports us from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth. $2.00 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C7ZdK37xL._SL160_.jpg

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