SC - travelogues

[Christina van Tets]

Hello the list!

Thomas, that was a really nice description of travelogues which you sent in. 
  I'd like to point out, though, that it's worth taking some period writings 
with a pinch or so of salt.

There is a beautiful text I saw a couple of years ago of a portuguese (?) 
explorer who travelled overland to Ethiopia in about the 15th century.  He 
plainly did not know what all the foods were that he was fed or saw growing 
in the fields, and simply gave them the names of the nearest European 
equivalent, which really seems unlikely considering the cultivation 
requirements of the relevant plants (eg. water).  For him, the species 
weren't relevant - he was merely recording the fact that they were growing 
food.

OTOH, there were some travelogue writers who really are reliable, and 
personally I'd dive into them nose-first.

Cairistiona

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