Spices And How to Know Them
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1). They do not exhibit any very decided structural difference, but it takes 4,500 Penang cloves to weigh one pound and 5,000 Zanzibar for same weight. There also enters into commerce as a secondary product clove stalks and mother's cloves, the latter being the dried ripe fruit.
Cloves were one of the principal Oriental spices, being the basis of a rich trade from an early part of the Chris- tian era, and the spice was well known to the ancients and certainly formed an article of commerce, duri...ng the Middle Ages, when Alleppo was the grand mart of Eastern trade.
The Portuguese discovered cloves growing abun- dantly on the Molucca Islands about the year 1600 and they held possession of the principal clove trade for nearly a century. Previous to this time, cloves were brought to Europe from ports in the Mediterranean, where they had been brought by Arabians, Persians, and Egyptians.
About 1605, the Portuguese were driven from the [ 109 ] Moluccas by the Dutch, who endeavored to control the clove trade by attempting to extirpate all the clove trees growing in their native islands, and to confine the cul- ture of the entire production to the islands of Amboina and Ternate, paying the kings of the islands of Ter- nate, Tidor, and Batian a tribute to permit and assist in the extirpation of the trees.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
1). They do not exhibit any very decided structural difference, but it takes 4,500 Penang cloves to weigh one pound and 5,000 Zanzibar for same weight. There also enters into commerce as a secondary product clove stalks and mother's cloves, the latter being the dried ripe fruit.
Cloves were one of the principal Oriental spices, being the basis of a rich trade from an early part of the Chris- tian era, and the spice was well known to the ancients and certainly formed an article of commerce, duri...ng the Middle Ages, when Alleppo was the grand mart of Eastern trade.
The Portuguese discovered cloves growing abun- dantly on the Molucca Islands about the year 1600 and they held possession of the principal clove trade for nearly a century. Previous to this time, cloves were brought to Europe from ports in the Mediterranean, where they had been brought by Arabians, Persians, and Egyptians.
About 1605, the Portuguese were driven from the [ 109 ] Moluccas by the Dutch, who endeavored to control the clove trade by attempting to extirpate all the clove trees growing in their native islands, and to confine the cul- ture of the entire production to the islands of Amboina and Ternate, paying the kings of the islands of Ter- nate, Tidor, and Batian a tribute to permit and assist in the extirpation of the trees.
What to read after Spices And How to Know Them?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gibbs, Walter M., 1854- to read onlineMoreLess
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