HIS 3375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hot Chocolate, Pehr Kalm, Panax Ginseng
26 Jul 2018
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Lecture vii: porcelain, silk, cotton, ginseng, and sea otter. Men went to winter w/ indigenous peoples: translators/interpreters ("truchement", drawn on the venetian interpreters ("dragoman") that were sent to the ottoman empire. Jean nicolet: 1st european to reach what is now wisconsin, green bay (standards bay, met the winnebago, not eager to meet them, wanted to reach farther than any frenchmen: china. Famously brought w/ him a chinese silk robe: met the winnebago wearing this robe. Pepper and other spices were of extreme rarity and luxury. Imported them from the east (india): diet of the elites. c. 1300: book of the marvels of the world, travels of marco polo, quite likely that it was written by someone else. Trade across eurasia was nothing new: ex: roman empire. The silk road. c. 120 bce - 1450 ce. Fall of constantinople: rule of the ottomans, needs to find other ways to reach china.
