Spice: The History Of A Temptation by Jack Turner

Spice: The History Of A Temptation

Jack Turner

409 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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In the ancient Egyptian temple of Dayr al-Bahri is the earliest surviving representation of a merchant fleet. Dated to around 1495 BC, rows of hieroglyphs record that the pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut sent the fleet 1900 miles south to the land of Punt...

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