The spice route : a history
Keay, John2006
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The spice route is one of history's greatest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed long before anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and almost by definition unattainable; that was what made spices so desirable. Yet more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, more wars were fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange. Epic in scope, marvellously detailed, laced with drama, 'The spice route' spans three millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade.
Main title:
The spice route : a history / John Keay
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Imprint:
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006
Collation:
xix, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780520248960
Dewey class:
382.41
Language:
English
BRN:
1778364
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