POLS 196 Chapter 6-8: An Edible History of Humanity:
2 Feb 2020
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An edible history of humanity chapters 6-8, standage. In 1474 an italian astronomer (toscanelli) theorized that the fastest route from europe to. India was to sail west rather than to sail around the bottom of africa: portuguese court ignored his advice, but columbus heard of the letter and was convinced of its accuracy. He calculated the distance from the canary islands to japan to be 2,000 miles, which is a quarter of the true distance. Columbus claimed in his bestselling novel to have found exotic islands and untold riches in. China, despite the islands not matching the descriptions given by marco polo, which he had based his plans on: skeptics believed he had found nothing important, just a few atlantic islands. He returned to spain with a few lumps of gold and some dubious spices, justifying the continuation of his journeys by saying the natives could be converted.
